If you think a country protection its own citizens is "abuse," well, then we'll have to agree to disagree.

I'm pretty sure they went through ICANN, which would absolutely (and should) support taking down criminals and criminal services from the internet, that they control. There are international laws and treaties. I don't think you'll find too many countries who would agree that it's ok to sell DDoS services. There is no legitimate use for them. Are you suggesting that that position is strictly an American one? I tend to think it's a global one...

Anywhere in the world that these services could exist, they’d still be awful for everyone.

It’s essentially the same reason you’re safe browsing it.

The issue, however, is that web sites always need to be hosted on a physical server somewhere, and all it takes is one social media account or email that gives away some aspect of your identity or location for them to find it - assuming you’re doing something illegal of course. There’s nothing inherently illegal with hosting TOR sites. :P

That doesn’t mean that shutdowns don’t happen, though. The FBI recently shut down a number of TOR sites with illegal content.

1. Seize servers via an IP address

2. Seize a domain record itself and redirect it

Both of these "attacks" are not possible with Tor hidden services, because a.) there is no IP associated with the hidden service (although Tor in theory is subject to traffic correlation) and b.) there is no domain record that can be redirected unless you actually have the corresponding private key since Tor hidden service addresses are the public component of that keypair.