I'm not sure I follow. Is this not an arrest for violation of laws in place in Netherlands? Their criminal investigation started two months ago, not because of the US sanctions. How is this the EU bowing down to the US financial system?

The timing of the arrest could be a reaction, if they thought it might spook the suspect into fleeing or something along those lines. But that doesn't equate to bowing down either.

> Sad to see the EU bow down to the criminal racket that is the US financial system.

The EU in general is extremely hypocritical when it comes to privacy, its probably an opportunity to crack down on crypto while it's down.

You see all the laws that aim to put a stop to big tech, and rightly so because their government won't do anything.

In the same time, when privacy protections are against the EU itself, it suddenly doesn't work, or it needs monitoring like their horrible attempt using the chat control law, which even faces backlash from inside, like from Germany.

Where did you see that this was connected to the US financial system? They mention in passing that the US has sanctioned Tornado Cash, but I didn't get the impression that this was the reason why this person was arrested.

there have been multiple coordinated attacks being made, it's quite naiive to assume US is not involved here

I'm very open to the idea that they are. I'm asking whether there's evidence.

I don't think it is related. Maybe just the increased publicity quickened the arrest, but I don't see any hope of extradition of a Dutch national to the US for sanction violations announced just a few days prior.