Previously, a cement cartel had been fined EUR 10,000,000.

Fines against cartels are growing in severity across countries.

In particular, in cartel cases they may be reluctant to uphold large fines assessed by the competition agency.

Conventional wisdom suggests that the optimal organizational fine is as much as three times the actual gain from the cartel.

Sanctions can take several forms, including administrative fines against businesses and natural persons criminal sanctions, including fines and imprisonment and recovery of compensatory damages by victims of a cartel.

Three cement companies, all subsidiaries of large multinational companies, were fined a total of EUR 28,500,000 for their participation in a cement cartel.

If sanctions, which are usually in the form of fines, are not significant, they become merely a cost of doing business for the cartel.

The competition agency stated that the amounts of the fines were aggravated by the length of the cartel's existence, by the participation of top executives of the firms, and by the fact that the victims of the cartel were hospitals and other health care providers.

A secondary purpose of sanctions against cartels is to provide an incentive for members of a cartel to defect and to cooperate with an investigation in order to avoid punishment.

The optimal fine for this purpose is a multiple of the actual gain, because not every cartel is discovered and prosecuted, a factor that businesspeople take into account in deciding whether to engage in a cartel.

Four suppliers of liquid oxygen for medical uses were fined a total of US 24.2 million for their participation in a cartel lasting five years, from 1997 to 2002.

The first member of a cartel should receive complete immunity from prosecution and punishment.

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If they face personal sanctions, whether imprisonment (in a minority of countries) or large fines, they have additional reasons not to participate in cartel activity.

Carl Petersen.

Ecuador A fine is imposed (AI).

Friar Tuck, Will Scarlett. What's it, Will?

Engage in international cooperation in the anti cartel effort. There is an active international effort against cartels.

Hard Core Cartels (2000)

Charles H. Kaput.

Darsteller.

As the case, in 2003, was the first in which a party had confessed, the fines assessed on the companies were significantly reduced so as to encourage future cartel operators to cooperate.

Karl ... Karl ... Karl ...

Justin Nindaga and Alphonse Kaseba sentenced to 20 years of forced labour and fined for having called for the release of Commander Masasu.

It can publish easy to understand pamphlets and other written materials explaining what cartels are, the harm that they cause and how to report them.

Qatar, Saudi Arabia.

Cal Scout! Good morning, Miss Maudie.

By Kathrin Klee.

Karl, Karl ... Karl...

Briefing by Mr. Carl Bildt, Special Envoy of the Secretary General for the Balkans.

(Sweden)

You know what a cartel is?

This homogeneity makes it easier for sellers to agree on the terms of a cartel agreement.

Under that policy, the GVH may waive fully or partially the fine to be imposed on those undertakings that cooperate in the detection of secret cartels and in the destabilization of functioning collusions.

Cartel operators, especially unsophisticated ones, may make public statements that betray cartel activity.

It belonged to a Mr Petersen. Yes, Carl Petersen.

Shall be punished by imprisonment of between one month and three years and by a fine of between five and 50 dinars. quot

Ford, ford, ford o' Kabul river in the dark!

A discussion with Kathrin Klee.

What about Roat Jr. from Scarsdale?

Karl, Karl shoot! Karl shoot!

Such cartels probably do not deserve to be sanctioned heavily, especially if their members cooperate with an investigation and immediately cease their prohibited conduct.

It must demonstrate that it will actively pursue cartels and that it will impose severe sanctions on cartel operators who are caught.

Building support for strong sanctions in cartel cases requires embarking on a programme of education regarding the harm that cartels cause.

Qatar has allocated 15 million for that purpose.