No because the sale would have had to occur in the place that it is illegal

Obviously, yes. A crime is a crime, so what difference does it make what country it was committed in?

	▲	jcelerier 17 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Law systems usually state explicitly their jurisdiction domain, depending on the level of offense.

If I fire off an agent to buy items at random times from a list which is updated in country, where does the purchase of the list items happen?