The Australian Competition & Consumer Commission (ACCC) has laid criminal charges against Japanese-based company Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha (K-Line).
In these, it alleged cartel conduct concerning the international shipping of cars, trucks, and buses to Australia between July 2009 and September 2012.
The first court hearing on the matter was held on Tuesday (November 15).
This, said the ACCC, is the second matter in which criminal charges have been laid against a corporation under the criminal cartel provisions of the Competition and Consumer Act 2010.
The ACCC’s investigation into other alleged cartel participants is continuing.
