There is damage to federal government property: Any crime that involves property of the federal government can be charged as a federal offense. For example, if an agent for the Department of Homeland Security arrested someone in connection to looting, the individual may be charged with a federal offense.

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Article 8 of the Statute of the International Criminal Court provides that in international warfare, the “pillaging a town or place, even when taken by assault” counts as a war crime. The Fourth Geneva Convention of 1949 explicitly prohibits the looting of civilian property during wartime.

Looting is a type of theft that occurs during a time of public catastrophe or unrest, such as natural disasters, riots, civil disorder, or war. Some states, like California, have special laws for looting, but others consider the crime as general theft or burglary.

War trophies or souvenirs taken from enemy military property are legal under the LOW. War trophy personal retention by an individual soldier is restricted under U.S. domestic law. implementing directive and service regulations, contemplates that members of the armed forces may request enemy items as souvenirs.

the routine torture and execution of prisoners. the routine practice of intentionally killing unarmed Vietnamese villagers including men, women, children, and elderly people. the routine practice of cutting off and collecting the ears of victims. incidents where soldiers planted weapons on murdered Vietnamese villagers.

An estimated 500 Vietnamese, mostly women, children, and the elderly, died in the massacre. The brutality has been well documented: American soldiers raped, mutilated, and tortured the villagers before killing them; families were dragged from their homes, thrown into ditches and executed.

More than two decades of violent conflict had inflicted a devastating toll on Vietnam’s population: After years of warfare, an estimated 2 million Vietnamese were killed, while 3 million were wounded and another 12 million became refugees.

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