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China customs seizes 1,600 tonnes of smuggled frozen food

October 10, 2017
Customs in south China's Guangdong Province seized more than 1,600 tonnes of smuggled frozen food valued at 60 million yuan ($9 million) during the National Day holiday.

State Environmental Service fines Nordic Recycling, Latvijas Zalais Elektrons

October 6, 2017
The State Environmental Service from December 31 will terminate waste management agreements with Nordic Recycling and Latvijas Zalais Elektrons companies.

Full Federal Court orders $20.6 million penalties against Cement Australia companies

October 6, 2017
The Full Court of the Federal Court has upheld an ACCC appeal, and dismissed a cross appeal by Cement Australia, against the penalties imposed on Cement Australia and its related companies for making and giving effect to anti-competitive agreements.

AG Porrino files lawsuit alleging greed-driven scheme by Insys Therapeutics

October 6, 2017
Attorney General Christopher S. Porrino announced that New Jersey has filed a four-count lawsuit against Insys Therapeutics,charging that the company engaged in a greed-driven campaign of consumer fraud and submission of false claims to health insurers to increase the market share for its powerful opioid-fentanyl drug Subsys.

Spectrum Brands to pay penalty for failure to report and post-recall sales

October 5, 2017
A federal court in Madison, Wisconsin, ordered Spectrum Brands, a large consumer products distributor, to pay $1.9 million in civil penalties for failing to timely report dangerously defective Black & Decker SpaceMaker coffee carafes and for continuing to distribute the carafes following a recall, the Department of Justice announced.

Cosmetics firms in Greece fined over cartel practices

October 5, 2017
The Competition Commission in Greece has imposed fines totaling 18.83 million euros on five well-known cosmetics companies and Notos Com Holdings for cartel practices.

16 sand exploitation vessels seized on Đà River in Vietnam

October 5, 2017
Hoà Bình Province’s Traffic Police Department in Vietnam seized 16 illegal sand exploitation vessels on Đà River in Hoà Bình City.

UK market company to pay thousands over livestock offences

October 3, 2017
Hexham Auction Market Company have been ordered to pay over £12,000 in fines and costs after pleading guilty to 16 offences relating to livestock movement rules.

OpenMarkets Australia pays penalty of $200,000

October 3, 2017
OpenMarkets Australia Limited has paid a penalty of $200,000 to comply with an infringement notice given to it by the Markets Disciplinary Panel (the MDP).

EC fines Lithuanian Railways €28 million for hindering competition

October 2, 2017
The European Commission (EC) has fined Lithuanian Railways (Lietuvos geležinkeliai) an amount of €27 873 000 for hindering competition on the rail freight market, in breach of EU antitrust rules, by removing a rail track connecting Lithuania and Latvia.

German police arrest suspect over alleged supermarket extortion attempts

September 30, 2017
German police said they had arrested a suspect in the case of an alleged extortionist who attempted to force supermarkets into coughing up tens of millions of euros by slipping a potentially lethal poison into baby food.

Fed fines HSBC $175 million

September 30, 2017
The Federal Reserve Board announced that it has fined HSBC Holdings plc, London, United Kingdom, and HSBC North America Holdings Inc., New York, New York, $175 million for the firm's unsafe and unsound practices in its foreign exchange (FX) trading business.