I don’t care if it is 8 months or 8 years. It knew what the law was before it violated it. It said to itself,” I don’t give a damn what the law is. The law means nothing to me. I will do as I please and they won’t do anything about it.
You especially don’t break the laws in foreign countries. You don’t get off scot free like you do here.
Wish we would enforce laws more strigently on foreign visitors.