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Crime › FTC raids 4 firms over polyethylene sheet cartel

The Fair Trade Commission on Thursday raided well over a dozen offices of four companies on suspicion of forming a cartel in the period between… ...full story at Japan Today

from Japan Today on Thu, Jul 24 2008

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