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But only one site was being considered for prosecution, the report says.

"While the women and girls who flee abuse often end up incarcerated, the men responsible for the domestic violence and forced marriages causing flight almost always enjoy impunity from prosecution," the report said.

"It is striking that not one state involvement case relating to the British Army has to date been referred to the PSNI for further investigation or prosecution," the report said.

Salon reported that because Savile could not face prosecution, the report offers the "closest thing to justice" for the alleged victims.

"The local police chief chose not to cite the supervisory natural resource specialist for the misdemeanor violation and the U.S. Attorney's Office declined prosecution," the report states.

Legal limitations also posed a problem for prosecutions, the report said.

Decrying the prevalence of FGM in the UK and the lack of prosecutions, the report accused the Crown Prosecution Service, police and health professionals of playing pass the parcel.

"This is because there is insufficient admissible evidence upon which to base a prosecution," said the report.

"In one case where [the CCTV footage] was viewed at court for the first time, the proceedings were dropped because what was shown fatally undermined the prosecution case," the report states.

Of 600 domestic assault files, half did not include pictures of injuries - a standard piece of evidence for a prosecution - the report said.

Keir Starmer, the former director of public prosecutions, said the report was a significant milestone for the campaign to end FGM.