The commission also recommends prosecution of the soldiers involved.

The department then decides what action to take, ranging from providing services to recommending criminal prosecution.

But when firearms agents recommended prosecution to the United States Attorney's office in Baltimore, they were turned down.

On December 12, a Grand Jury recommended prosecution of Lavy.

On another front, Mr. Arafat received a report recommending prosecution of some officials in his administration for corruption.

However, after the first incident, in which he called a junior officer a chimpanzee, the directorate declined to recommend prosecution.

But he declined to recommend further prosecution, enraging Mr. Rosenbaum's family.

OLAF recommends not only disciplinary action, but even criminal prosecution.

The investigators recommended prosecution, but the agency took no enforcement action.

Although such bodies have the power to recommend criminal prosecution, they are mainly concerned with the inspection and regulation of organisations.