[Well he'll leave the matter of Degar for now, at least. No point passing final judgement on something that they clearly need more information on.]

I wasn't there for this one, but I heard about it. He took over a country called Alabasta in Paradise, but because he was a Warlord at that point, the Marines did nothing about it. They only arrested him after Straw Hat and his crew arrived and helped the people of Alabasta get control of their country back.