Competition Authority probes alleged criminal cartel activity

The Competition Authority investigated 34 complaints of alleged criminal cartel behaviour or price fixing in 2013, as well as reviewing 14 such complaints carried over from previous years.

Despite listing these figures in its annual report for 2013, the authority could not give any specific details of the alleged cartel cases it investigated, though it said only eight are still under assessment.

The authority also investigated 92 new complaints of anti-competitive agreements and abuses of dominance during 2013, 65 of which were examined and closed during the year.