To deter environmental violations, governments should impose heavy fines on enterprises and individuals that cause serious environmental pollution and damage.
In France, the government has banned supermarkets from throwing away edible foods and imposed harsh penalties on businesses that fail to comply with the regulations.
Other laws introduced in Rome, with the objective of improving the city, include giving out severe fines to people who drop litter and to those who attach 'love padlocks' to historic monuments.
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This tactic was notably successful in 2007, when Virgin Atlantic Airlines, worried by an investigation into price-fixing of Atlantic flights, confessed its collusion with British Airways, who were heavily fined.
The Sedition act was still more severe and sweeping in its terms. It imposed heavy penalties upon any person who used " abusive language about the government or institutions of the country."