He said his view was that "this was a one-off operation, not likely to be repeated" but that "only substantial custodial sentences can meet the requirements of the case".

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The US operation is the first time such a procedure has been repeated outside the Turkish hospital which pioneered it.

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The US operation was the first time such a procedure had been repeated outside the Turkish hospital which pioneered it.

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The investigation, which is code-named Operation Dribble, was requested by Safa president Molefi Oliphant in April after repeated allegations of cheating in the country's lower leagues.

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