Police in Amsterdam seized a server from a data center in the city’s eastern district on Tuesday, following a request from U.S. authorities. The police confirmed the seizure after it was reported by the NRC.The seized server belongs to Italian internet provider Autistici/Inventati (A/I). Dutch police are creating a digital image of its data to hand over to U.S. authorities, as required under the American request for legal assistance.
Cosplaying to be anti “American Tech”, then kissing the empire hand for blessing.
MLAT - Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty.
These treaties have been around since the 80’s, though I doubt they have been abused this way before.
Not valid unless it was a crime in the country the request is filed to. There’s no “they asked do we had to”