11.   In Kansas City, a task force is studying the issue, educating consumers and searching for ways to prosecute offenders.

12.   Justice Department officials could prosecute offenders under civil rights laws and statutes prohibiting an individual from being held in a condition of indentured servitude.

13.   Military officials from the various services defended their records for prosecuting sex offenders.

14.   The study indicates that prosecutors are reluctant to prosecute offenders to the full extent of the law.

15.   When state legislatures debate altering their criminal codes, do law enforcement officials stop prosecuting offenders under the old laws?

16.   Without witnesses to such transactions, it is hard to prosecute offenders, Place said.

17.   Authorities acknowledge the existence of torture but insist it is not systematic and that offenders are prosecuted.

18.   Cruelty to animals is a crime in Russia, but offenders are rarely prosecuted.

19.   Countries that are party to the convention must prosecute offenders or extradite them to nations that suffered from their illegal acts.

20.   Duncan said the pressure is on the international business community to demand governments around the world create a global treaty to help prosecute offenders.