Sentence examples for increased prosecution from inspiring English sources

And because of increased prosecution in the United States, they said, getting caught without papers now could torpedo any chance of a visa later on, even just to visit relatives.

The Justice Department does not comment on the center's annual report, but a spokeswoman said the agency had increased prosecution of hate crimes by 35 percent during the first three years of Mr. Obama's presidency.

It's true that family separations were a result of increased prosecution of illegal border crossings.

She was also critical of the Obama administration's increased prosecution of whistleblowers, saying it has had a chilling effect on people coming forward with information about waste, fraud, and abuse.   .

We have increased prosecutions of wealthy tax cheats and our crackdown on offshore tax cheats has already brought in more than £2bn since 2010.

The increased prosecutions are meant to serve as a deterrent to a growing number of soldiers who are ambivalent about heading — or heading back — to Iraq and may be looking for a way out, several Army lawyers said in interviews.

In December, the UN said that while the number of reported cases of violence against women and girls in the previous 12 months had increased, prosecutions and convictions under the EVAW remained low.

The pressure on governments to demonstrate their anti-trafficking commitment through increased prosecutions has also resulted in unsafe convictions and the imposition of penalties that are disproportionate to the offence.

On Saturday, human rights activists called Ms. Patnaree's arrest a day earlier a "new low" for Thailand, which has increased prosecutions under the lèse-majesté law since the military took power in 2014.

Alongside greater scrutiny over how banks operate, attention also has centered on increased prosecutions and fines for illegal behavior, particularly as a number of recent scandals have tarnished London's reputation as a financial hub.

"As a result of our compliance efforts and the £1bn extra investment over this parliament, we have secured more than £100bn in additional revenues in the past five years to pay for essential public services, raised penalties for tax evasion to %200 of tax owed, and increased prosecutions fivefold," he said.