COLOMBIA CONTINUES CRACK DOWN ON NAPPY CARTEL

Colombia has become something of a specialist in dismantling criminal cartels throughout the years, with the cocaine kings of the Medellín Cartel, the Cali Cartel and the Norte del Valle Cartel all consigned to history. Now, the country’s authorities have a new cartel in their sights – a price-fixing nappy cartel headed by the biggest names in the domestic market.The government’s competitiveness watchdog, the Superintendency of Industry and Commerce (SIC), has laid charges against five nappy manufacturers and 44 individuals – among them several company ...


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