Board Thread:Naruto Discussions/@comment-30881771-20170815144139/@comment-3568954-20170824123437

while the leaf is constantly watching Orochimaru, he is still none the less the leader of his own hidden village. and still conquered an entire nation. so presumably if they just causually tried to arrest him,they would most likely be dealing with an international incident. on top of that cloning isn't stated to be illegal and as long as no one is getting murdered, why would they care if he was cloning or doing such experiements. not to mention such experiments could have vast potential in the medical industry. just imagine if the cloning processes is so advanced they can clone individual body parts or organs. people who need a transplant could potentially get a brand new organ or body part.