It is a difficult situation [and] for me we need to take big sanctions".
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"I don't think it is fair that you can get a bigger sanction for an administrative failure than for an actual doping offence.
The biggest sanction Ofcom has imposed on the BBC was the £50,000 fine in July last year after the results of a Blue Peter competition were faked.
"The biggest sanction anyone could face is losing the opportunity to gain experience in the world of work, and this announcement will ensure businesses continue to have the confidence to offer these opportunities".
Sean Turnell, an economist and a Burma expert at Macquarie University, in Sydney, said, "The biggest sanction on Burma is the regime: no investment, no property law, no rule of law, restrictions on exports and imports, corruption off the dial".
"Our approach to serious dopers is that we are very firm and try and get the biggest sanction we can".
Again the sum mirrors the fines imposed by the IRB, which warned the England camp to expect bigger sanctions for repeat offences after the Tuilagi case.
The fine is also one of the biggest sanctions that American and British authorities have ever levied against a financial institution, falling just short of the $1.9 billion payout that HSBC made last week over money laundering accusations.
But the laws need to ensure more clarity about who is spending what, and where and how, and bigger sanctions for those who break the rules.
