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

Hungary Cartel in the fertilizer industry

You know what a cartel is?

Hungary Cartel in the fertilizer industry 8

Lessons for the future how to improve anti cartel enforcement in developing countries and other countries beginning an anti cartel effort

The infringement, carried out as part of an international cartel, was the longest operating cartel in Hungary, lasting from 1991 until 2003.

No offence. No offence.

Argentina Cartel in the medical oxygen supply market

Complainants usually do not possess enough evidence to prove that a cartel exists, but without their initiative, many cartel prosecutions would never begin.

For most countries there is one most effective tool available to the cartel prosecutor the dawn raid, or unannounced visit to the offices of suspected cartel operators for the purpose of seizing documentary or electronic evidence of a cartel agreement.

Argentina Cartel in the medical oxygen supply market 4

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

See ICN Working Group on Cartels, Defining Hard Core Cartel Conduct Effective Institutions Effective Penalties , in Building Blocks For Effective Anti Cartel Regime, vol. 1.

As a result of the cartel, hospitals and consumers were charged high prices for the medical oxygen and the cartel members enjoyed illegally acquired high profits.

Begin to impose strong sanctions against cartel conduct. As was noted above, an indispensable element of a successful anti cartel programme is an aggressive sanctioning policy.

Cartel cases are much more persuasive if they contain direct evidence of agreement involving the cartel participants, and evidence that the participants knew that their conduct was unlawful.

Brazil has sharply increased its anti cartel enforcement in recent years.

Recently there has been some increase in anti cartel activity, however.

How does a robust competition culture support successful anti cartel enforcement?

A second specialized investigative tool in cartel cases is the leniency programme.

For the purposes of extradition between States Parties, the offence of enforced disappearance shall not be regarded as a political offence or as an offence connected with a political offence or as an offence inspired by political motives.

(5) The offence for which extradition is requested is a military offence

The primary purpose of sanctions in the cartel context is as a deterrent.

The harm caused by the cartel should be emphasized, and quantified, if possible.

Cartel Overcharges Survey and Meta Analysis (draft). www.encore.nl documents Connor_MetaAnalysis3 10 05.pdf

In such a programme, the first cartel member offering to cooperate with a cartel investigation and providing evidence implicating the other members is promised forgiveness from prosecution or, in some cases, reduced sanctions.

There's no offence.

No offence, Annie.

Accordingly, a request for extradition or for mutual legal assistance based on such an offence may not be refused on the sole ground that it concerns a political offence or an offence connected with a political offence or an offence inspired by political motives.

Many experts consider anti cartel activity the most important function of a competition agency.

Other sectors that appear frequently in cartel cases include transportation services and professional services.

In several cases described above, the evidence of a cartel agreement was only circumstantial.

That is, the competition agency must first establish credibility in its anti cartel programme.

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

The vital role of strong sanctions in the anti cartel effort should be stressed.

1. For the purposes of extradition between States Parties, the offence of enforced disappearance shall not be regarded as a political offence or as an offence connected with a political offence or as an offence inspired by political motives. Accordingly, a request for extradition based on such an offence may not be refused on these grounds alone.

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.

(c) The offence is

Offence of terrorist act.

Definitions of the offence

No offence, Doc. No.

No offence, of course.

Otherwise I'll take offence.

Where an offence is ongoing, the Act deems each day to constitute a separate offence.

More generally, construction materials and construction services seem to be fertile ground for cartel operators.