Watchdog finds bid rigging in cartel probe

Bid rigging, ‘car-clocking’ and selling of crashed cars were among the offences investigated, and in some cases prosecuted, by the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission, in its first two years of work.

In its inaugural report, the commission outlines how one individual and one company in the industrial flooring sector were charged by the DPP with bid rigging offences following a commission investigation in 2015.

Isolde Goggin, chairperson, said their experience in investigating cartels showed that one of the most common forms of cartel concerns is bid rigging.