"This is a bellwether day," Robert McCallum, acting deputy attorney general, said of the case in a statement, adding that the case "should remind accountants and lawyers not only of their commitment to represent their clients professionally, but also of our strong commitment to enforcing the law".
"The divestments of these 16 properties … are further evidence of the Turnbull government's commitment to enforcing our rules so that foreign nationals illegally holding Australian property are identified and their illegal holdings relinquished," Morrison said.
"The actions taken today in California by our U.S. Attorneys and their law enforcement partners are consistent with the Department's commitment to enforcing existing federal laws, including the Controlled Substances Act, in all states," said Deputy Attorney General James Cole in a statement.
"This important settlement reflects our continuing commitment to enforce vigorously the Clean Air Act to protect public health and the environment".
But, some advocates say, this decade will test Europe's commitment to enforcing its new laws.
The failure by cops on the beat to file the required forms raises questions about the department's commitment to enforcing its own regulations.
President Xi Jinping of China underscored Beijing's commitment to enforcing existing UN sanctions on North Korea and to preventing any instability on its doorstep.
In exchange, President Bush should seek the Russian government's commitment to enforcing fairness, transparency and predictability in regulation, taxation and repatriation of profits.
In its last month's report on American business in China, the American Chamber of Commerce for mainland China said the Chinese government's commitment to enforcing many W.T.O.
"With this new action, the administration has further demonstrated that it has no commitment to enforcing the law and cannot be trusted to deliver on any future promises of enforcement".
