Topic: Bid rigging

Korea’s Fair Trade Commission has fined three companies a combined €4.2 million for rigging bids to supply devices used to transmit data signals.

12 October 2022

Brazil's competition authority has fined a vehicle rental business €3.3 million for rigging bids to rent equipment and vehicles for the conservation and improvement of rural roads in the state of Paraná.

06 October 2022

A former construction contractor has confessed his involvement in a conspiracy to sway the bidding process for contracts with California’s transportation regulator.

05 October 2022

An Australian court has fined two roofing companies and their sole directors €283,000 after they confessed to rigging bids for two projects in the Sydney area.

14 September 2022

Austria’s antitrust enforcer has asked the country’s specialist competition court to fine four companies belonging to one construction group a total of €26.3 million after they admitted to participating in the country’s largest-ever cartel.

06 September 2022

An active pharmaceutical ingredient producer has asked an Australian court to fine it less than A$1 million (€686,000) after pleading guilty to three counts of criminal cartel conduct, citing the limited impact on Australian consumers.

05 September 2022

The Competition Commission of Brunei Darussalam has received its first request from a government agency to look into a potential bid-rigging case, the authority’s chairperson has revealed.

26 August 2022

Italy’s Competition Authority has slashed a cartel fine on a sports management agency by more than 99% after the country’s highest administrative court ruled it must consider a company's financial state at the time of an infringement decision when calculating penalties.

23 August 2022

Ecuador’s antitrust enforcer has fined five companies for rigging public tenders for medical supplies in a decision that has sparked controversy over how the authority assessed their corporate structure.

18 August 2022

Portugal’s antitrust enforcer has doubled down on its enforcement against public procurement cartels amidst rising inflation, while urging governments not to implement price controls to tackle the rising cost of living.

17 August 2022