Authorities prosecuted eight defendants during the reporting period, a significant decrease from 23 defendants prosecuted in 2006.

The Government of Guinea-Bissau did not increase efforts to prosecute and punish trafficking offenders during the reporting period.

The Austrian government demonstrated moderate efforts to prosecute and convict traffickers during the reporting period.

Eccles was a Quaker, a man prosecuted numerous times during the Restoration for civil disobedience.

A shortage of lawyers prompted the Army to assign some who had not attended law school to prosecute and defend soldiers during court martial proceedings.

The Government of Cuba did not report discernible progress on prosecuting trafficking offenders during the reporting period.

He said they prosecuted their search in the fastnesses of the mountains during nine days, without success; they could not find the cement.

Despite these efforts, such as anti-trafficking training for law enforcement personnel, the government did not prosecute any trafficking offenses during the reporting period.

Grover says states are wrong to prosecute women for illegal drug use or drinking during pregnancy.

The government neither opened a criminal investigation into any suspected trafficking offenses nor prosecuted any trafficking cases during the reporting period.