Volume: 8 Issue: 7
(July 2006)
Keywords:
editorial
shock
awe
arrest
david
carruthers
uk
chief
executive
online
gambling
operator
betonsports
us
transit
uk
costa
rica
sharp
The arrest of David Carruthers, UK Chief Executive of online gambling operator, BetonSports, in the US while he was in transit from the UK to Costa Rica is a sharp reminder that seemingly abstruse disputes about jurisdiction and where events take place in the virtual world can have all too physical consequences.