In the reports from around the world collected in this volume, we continue to see a good deal of international overlap among the issues and industries attracting government enforcement attention. We also see evolution and refinement of approaches to competition law enforcement in several jurisdictions.

Cartel enforcement remains robust. In the pages that follow, we read of the continued – and, in some cases, revised or expanded – use of leniency programmes in several jurisdictions, including Belgium, Finland, Switzerland and the United States. Developments in Australia include the first ever criminal prosecution of a cartel: a case involving the shipping of vehicles to the country...

Originally published in The Public Competition Enforcement Review: Edition 9, Chapter 1 - May 2017.