The Department of Justice did not provide details on how these efforts will be funded and whether there will be additional resources so the renewed focus on immigration-related enforcement on nonviolent officials will not lead to lower levels of prosecutions and investigation of other crimes.
Finding the right level of prosecution, then, can be a challenge.
The 20-page report [pdf, explicit language redacted] found that the behavior of Mr. Spitzer and his aides, while problematic, did not rise to the level of prosecution, in part because Mr. Spitzer is no longer governor, having resigned this month amid a prostitution scandal.
"It was an increased level of prosecution".
We will be questioning HMRC about the level of prosecutions and whether it is stepping up to the plate," she said.
The increased level of prosecutions comes as the issue of not paying taxes - whether it be via criminal evasion or legal avoidance - has become as much political as economic, as the government continues to search for ways to improve the public finances and presses ahead with its austerity drive.
Last month in the magazine, Jane Mayer wrote a piece on whistleblowers at the highest levels of government who face prosecution for what some consider efforts "to bring attention to what [they] saw as multibillion-dollar mismanagement".
"The ivory trade must be disrupted at all levels of criminality, the entire prosecution chain needs to be systemically restructured, corruption rooted out and all stakeholders, including communities exploited by the criminal syndicates and those on the frontlines of enforcement, given unequivocal support".
"The ivory trade must be disrupted at all levels of criminality, the entire prosecution chain needs to be systemically restructured, corruption rooted out and all stakeholders, including communities exploited by the criminal syndicates and those on the front lines of enforcement, given unequivocal support".
Results show a clear shift in mortality patterns, with reduced levels of deliberate and direct prosecution (mainly shooting and nest-robbing) in the second period.
