Antitrust authorities to ramp up dawn raids and new prosecutions
as the EMEA cartel crackdown continues apace
"Dawn raids will continue to remain a crucial
fact-finding tool ... there is definitely more to come".
A stark warning from Maria Jaspers, director of cartels at the
European Commission, issued at a conference in April amid a
concerted wave of dawn raids by antitrust authorities across
Europe.
We publish this sixth edition of our quarterly update on key
EMEA cartel developments as the crackdown on cartels persists and
escalates. To this end we've included in this edition our
"Cartel Crackdown" timeline highlighting recent dawn raid
activity.
Also in this edition, we cover various significant developments
in cartel enforcement from across our EMEA network. This includes
updates on raids in the cable manufacturing sector in Germany,
parallel EU and UK raids in the automotive sector, a landmark court
judgment extending the benefit of legal privilege in
