A major reason for weak enforcement appears to be sympathy toward state agencies, it said.

Israel has been criticized in the 1990s for its policies and its weak enforcement of laws on human trafficking.

These include what Washington says are weak antitrust enforcement and a restrictive distribution system.

First, America needs more regulation of guns, not less, and better, not weaker enforcement of existing regulations.

But at the heart of the matter is weak enforcement of environmental laws and inadequate infrastructure.

And weak enforcement of the nation's labor laws is dragging down unions.

Due to weak enforcement of laws protecting them, women continue to have little access to land and property.

Continuing weak enforcement, however, meant that the South Korea continued to have some of the lowest real property taxes in the world.

With federal enforcement so weak, privacy advocates say they are also concerned about recent efforts in Congress to pre-empt state consumer protection laws.

"These are not minimal penalties, nor weak enforcement."