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United States Anti-Cartel Enforcement
A Statistical Supplement
USA Enforcement Since 2000
• 75-100 Investigations initiated each year
• 30-40 Grand Juries empanelled each year
• 30-50 cases filed each year
• 434 individuals have been charged
• 215 corporations have been charged
DATA IS THROUGH END OF 2009
US Criminal Cases Past 6 years
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
Filed
42
32
34
40
54
37
Won
35
36
31
31
47
29
Lost
1
1
-
1
4
2
48
43
44
54
57
45
Pending
USA – Higher Top End Fines
Product
Fine
($ Millions)
Geographic
Scope
Country
Vitamins
$500
International
Switzerland
Liquid Crystal Display
(LCD) Panels
$400
International
Korea
Air Transportation
(Cargo)
$350
International
France (Société Air France)
The Netherlands (KLM)
Korean Air Lines Co., Ltd. (2007)
Air Transportation
(Cargo & Passenger)
$300
International
Korea
British Airways PLC (2007)
Air Transportation
(Cargo & Passenger)
$300
International
UK
DRAM
$300
International
Korea
Vitamins
$225
International
Germany
Hynix Semiconductor Inc.(2005)
DRAM
$185
International
Korea
Infineon Technologies AG (2004)
DRAM
$160
International
Germany
Graphite Electrodes
$135
International
Germany
Defendant (FY)
F. Hoffmann-La Roche, Ltd. (1999)
LG Display Co., Ltd
LG Display America (2009)
Air France and KLM
(2008)
Samsung Electronics Company, Ltd.
Samsung Semiconductor, Inc. (2006)
BASF AG (1999)
SGL Carbon AG (1999)
USA – Higher Top End Fines (cont.d)
Defendant (FY)
Product
Fine
($ Millions)
Geographic
Scope
Country
Graphite Electrodes
$134
International
Japan
Liquid Crystal Displays
(LCD) Panels
$120
International
Japan
Cargolux Airlines International S.A.
(2009)
Air Transportation
(Cargo)
$119
International
Luxembourg
Japan Airlines International Co. LTD
(2008)
Air Transportation
(Cargo)
$110
International
Japan
UCAR International, Inc. (1998)
Graphite Electrodes
$110
International
U.S.
LAN CARGO S.A. and
AEROLINHAS BRASILEIRAS S.A.
(2009)
Air Transportation
(Cargo)
$109
International
Lan Cargo (Chile)
Aerolinhas (Brazil)
Lysine & Citric Acid
$100
International
U.S.
Mitsubishi Corp. (2001)
Sharp Corporation (2009)
Archer Daniels Midland Co. (1996)
US: Over $4 Billion in Fines
Collected Since 2000
Prison Days Sentenced
Since 2000