Indonesia's military remains corrupt and a persistent violator of human rights, he said.
The history of the Tyler plant was a case study of a persistent violator, of fines assessed and paid without any discernable impact.
For years, the UN has listed Burma as a persistent violator of children's rights because of the army's use of children to fight its wars, as well as their recruitment by ethnic minority armed groups in the country.
The articles and documentary described McWane as one of the nation's most persistent violators of workplace safety and environmental laws.
McWane Inc., a major manufacturer of cast-iron pipes and one of the nation's most persistent violators of workplace safety and environmental laws, is the target of a federal criminal investigation, according to law enforcement officials and current and former employees who have been questioned in the inquiry.
"Today's sweeping verdicts demonstrate beyond any reasonable doubt that McWane is one of the worst and most persistent violators of our nation's environmental and worker safety laws," David M. Uhlmann, chief of the Justice Department's environmental crimes section, said in an interview.
McWane Inc., a major pipe maker and one of the nation's most persistent violators of workplace safety and environmental laws, faced a new round of criminal charges last night after a federal grand jury in the company's hometown, Birmingham, Ala., issued a 25-count indictment alleging illegal dumping and other environmental crimes.
Earlier this week, the International Syrian Support Group (ISSG) co-chaired by the U.S. and Russia agreed to render persistent violators of the ceasefire as "fair game" on the battlefield, relegating them to the same status as the Islamic State and Jabhat-al Nusra, or the Nusra Front, which is Al Qaeda's franchisee in Syria.
Persistent violators, for instance, already face the threat of fines and up to three years in prison.
Insurance requirements for the two kinds of cars are now the same (though the commission's chairwoman wants to require yellow-cab owners to post an additional $100,000 bond), and a "persistent violator" program to discipline problem drivers, once the province of yellow cabs, now applies to both.
The investigation, which comes as members of Congress and regulators consider tougher laws for dealing with persistent violators, involves some of the Justice Department's most senior environmental prosecutors in Washington working with assistant United States attorneys in districts around the country.
