Immunity applicants waive goodbye to privilege over factual accounts
22 May 2023
Changes to the ‘ACCC immunity and cooperation policy: frequently asked questions’ increase the price of immunity
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criminal cartel
Scaffold for criminal charges fails
20 August 2021
On 17 August 2021, the CDPP withdrew criminal cartel charges against the CFMMEU and Mr O’Mara. Combined with the acquittals in the Country Care case and recent developments in the $2.5 billion ANZ share placement case, this prompts reflection on the pursuit of criminal proceedings to deter companies, their executives and employees from engaging in cartel conduct.
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Bitter pill to swallow – criminal cartel charges in pharmaceutical industry
29 January 2021
Criminal cartel charges in pharmaceutical industry: Alkaloids of Australia and its former export manager charged following ACCC investigation
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Looking in the rear view mirror: ACCC Annual Report 2018/19
1 November 2019
The ACCC has published its 2018/19 Annual Report, providing us with an in-depth look at its operations for the year.
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Naut so fast
4 September 2019
After more than four years of investigations by the ACCC, on 23 August 2019 the Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions (CDPP) charged Wallenius Wilhelmsen Ocean AS (WWO), a Norwegian-based global shipping company, with criminal cartel conduct.
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New Zealand joins the criminal cartel club
24 May 2019
New Zealand law provides criminal penalties for serious cartel conduct, in a similar form to Australia’s laws that are about to turn ten.
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In sickness and in wealth: Country Care cartel prosecution moves to the Federal Court
25 March 2019
The prosecution of Country Care is the first to prosecute an Australian company and individuals.
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A shot across the bow for cartelists in the RORO criminal proceedings
7 August 2017
ACCC’s criminal cartel machine goes full steam ahead in roll-on, roll-off cargo cartel proceedings with first criminal fines, 8 years after criminalisation
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ACCC charting new waters with first criminal cartel prosecution
22 July 2016
Japanese shipping company pleads guilty in Australia’s first ever criminal cartel proceedings
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The UK CMA’s concrete plans for another criminal cartel prosecution
14 March 2016
The CMA brings another criminal cartel case in the construction industry, charging a director for involvement in a suspected UK concrete pipe cartel
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