His case is proof that while Swartz attracted worldwide attention, his prosecution was by no means unique.
Unless Pope Benedict repudiates the secret judicial policies surrounding Crimen Sollicitationis, excommunicates paedophile priests currently in the fold, and then delivers them publicly to civil authorities worldwide for their prosecution, this recent pronouncement is nothing more than papal bull.
He noted that last year there were only 3,000 trafficking prosecutions worldwide, despite the fact that millions of people are enslaved.
The prosecution prompted worldwide condemnation, with Sir Paul McCartney among those calling for the band members to be freed.
According to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, a group based in Paris that represents 30 industrialized countries, there are more than 150 prosecutions or investigations worldwide involving possible bribery of government officials for commercial gain.
The decision to proceed with criminal charges in the Concorde case alarmed airlines and aviation safety experts worldwide, who contend that the threat of prosecution dissuades witnesses from cooperating in crash investigations.
The decision to bring criminal charges in the Concorde case has alarmed airlines and aviation safety experts worldwide, who contend that the threat of prosecution can dissuade some witnesses from cooperating in crash investigations.
The decision to bring criminal charges in the Concorde case has raised hackles among airlines and aviation safety experts worldwide, who contend that the threat of prosecution can dissuade some witnesses from cooperating in crash investigations.
According to the US department of state, there were only 7,000 prosecutions and 4,000 convictions for sex trafficking, and 500 prosecutions and 320 convictions for labour trafficking, worldwide in 2011.
His task is to set the court's prosecution policy and seek out, on a worldwide scale, the people responsible for the sort of large-scale crimes that brought such pain to Argentina.
