EU CARTEL WHISTLEBLOWERS MUST BE SQUEAKY CLEAN TO AVOID FINES
September 1st, 2011
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Court of Justice (ECJ) has confirmed betraying fellow cartel members to the European Commission does not always wipe-out European Union (EU) anti-trust fines - whistleblowers must not assist former comrades at all.
Italian tobacco company Deltafina warned a tobacco cartel ring it had told the Commission about their illegal alliance, for leniency on fines. This happened, noted the court, "before the Commission had had an opportunity to carry out investigations," hindering the seizure of evidence. As a result, Deltafina was ...
Full access to this article can be arranged with permission from the client that first ordered it. Please contact us to request access. Entries are uploaded to our archive at least one year after being published by a client – free access is restricted to International News Services journalists for background research only. The article date indicates when copy was filed to a client, not when posted to this archive. Upon client requests, International News Services will remove such articles from the archive or not upload them in the first place. They are included to demonstrate the breadth of topics undertaken by the agency and also to help promote clients’ coverage.