Tissainayagam is the first journalist in Sri Lanka to be sentenced under a law meant to prosecute terrorists and their supporters.

VOA: standard.2009.09.01

Much of the new plan focuses on boosting intelligence to investigate and prosecute key cartel members, and to confiscate their money.

VOA: standard.2009.03.24

But I don't think you can then turn around and prosecute the interrogators for doing what they were told was permissible,".

VOA: standard.2009.04.17

Ogden says the Justice Department will also investigate and prosecute those who smuggle guns and cash into Mexico.

VOA: standard.2009.03.24

It is unfortunate that some would use the religious zeal of sincere Somalis to prosecute what amounts to terrorism and the promotion of their agenda,".

VOA: standard.2009.06.26

He says the legal system to try crimes against humanity was flawed from the start, as it did not provide a mechanism to prosecute people living abroad.

VOA: standard.2009.09.07

Within the U.S., officials say they will investigate and prosecute more human traffickers.

VOA: standard.2010.07.23

President Obama finds himself relying more than ever on Republican support to prosecute the war in Afghanistan, even as Republicans seek to block his agenda on most other issues.

VOA: standard.2010.07.30

He says it is ironic that the Russian government is using anti-extremism legislation to prosecute NGOs, when he has received death threats from skinheads, because of the work he does.

VOA: standard.2009.08.04

It's hard to catch drug traffickers in Mexico,Cuellar says, and once they are caught "...to prosecute someone, at least when I was down there, was less than a 2 percent chance."

VOA: standard.2010.07.20

The Obama administration has made no move to prosecute former high ranking Bush administration officials for torture, but has left open the possibility of charging anyone who exceeded Bush-era guidelines on the treatment of terror suspects.

VOA: standard.2009.08.24

"If you've ever worked on these cartel cases as I have as a prosecutor, you know a wall is not the best way to spend our dollars to prevent these drugs from coming into the United States and being able to apprehend and prosecute the smugglers themselves,".

VOA: standard.2009.03.24