"There is a sense of frustration, because here drug use is seen as a personal choice and to some extent cocaine is seen as the champagne of drugs which causes no effect and is a victimless crime.
"It is a victimless crime.
It is sometimes said insider trading is a victimless crime.
"I certainly don't believe that prostitution is a victimless crime," Judge Chin said.
But perhaps more importantly is the assumption that bribery is an act of consenting adults and is a victimless crime.
But if it's a crime, it is a victimless one: the flattered is a co-conspirator.
After all, people can be jailed for insider trading, which is far more of a victimless crime than bankslaughter".
The earlier Molasses Act of 1733, a tax on shipments from the West Indies, had produced hardly any revenue because it was widely bypassed by smuggling, which was seen as a victimless crime.
But this is very far from being a victimless crime.
Insider trading was once said to be a victimless crime.
