Hi, I just noticed a somewhat strange action of our local police department. The seemed to issue an order against a local registrar to change the domain owner located in a different country. Please note, that there is no court order. IMHO the police officer prefered to take over the domain instead of taking the domain down or (best case) requesting international administrative assistance. I might be wrong. My question is: Does the ICANN allow registrars to change the holder instead of setting the domain on "hold" in such a situation? Situation from 2008-11-30 (http://www.whois.de/currentWhois/view/bet3000.com) Domain Name:bet3000.com Created On:2003-06-02 15:18:55 Last Updated On:2008-06-03 03:32:10 Expiration Date:2009-06-02 15:18:55 Status:ok Registrant-ID:IBAL1-EPNIC Registrant-Name:International Betting Association Limited Registrant-Street:4 College Lane Registrant-City:Gibraltar Registrant-Postal-Code:4 College Registrant-Country:GI Registrant-Phone:+350.20052577 Registrant-FAX:+350.20052782 Registrant-Email:info@iba.gi Situation today (current whois) Domain Name:bet3000.com Created On:2003-06-02 15:18:55 Last Updated On:2008-12-02 10:32:26 Expiration Date:2010-12-01 04:59:59 Status:registrarHold Registrant-ID:BD512-EPNIC Registrant-Name:Juergen Buessow Registrant-Organisation:Bezirksregierung Duesseldorf Registrant-Street:Cecilienallee 2 Registrant-City:Duesseldorf Registrant-Postal-Code:40474 Registrant-Country:DE Registrant-Phone:+49.2114750 Registrant-Email:poststelle@brd.nrw.de