Brief: Portugal's Competition Watchdog Sanctions Seven Companies For Participating In Cartel In Security Sector
13/07/2022 17:01
July 13 (Reuters) - Autoridade da Concorrência (AdC):
* SANCTIONS 2045 GROUP, COMANSEGUR, GRUPO 8, PRESTIBEL,
PROSEGUR,
SECURITAS AND STRONG CHARON FOR PARTICIPATING IN A CARTEL IN
PUBLIC TENDERS IN THE SECURITY SECTOR
* COMPANIES WERE ISSUED A TOTAL FINE OF ABOUT 41.3 MILLION
EUROS
* COMPANIES WERE EXCLUDED FROM PARTICIPATING IN PUBLIC
PROCUREMENT
PROCEDURES
* COMPANIES HAVE COORDINATED PARTICIPATION IN PUBLIC
PROCUREMENT
PROCEDURES BY ALLOCATING CLIENTS AMONG THEMSELVES AND FIXING
PRICE LEVELS FOR THE SERVICES TO BE PROVIDED FROM 2009 UNTIL AT
LEAST 2020
* GRUPO 2045 TO PAY 6.0 MILLION EUROS, COMANSEGUR TO PAY 1.2
MILLION EUROS, GRUPO 8 TO PAY 5.0 MILLION EUROS, PRESTIBEL TO
PAY 6.0 MILLION EUROS, PROSEGUR TO PAY 8.1 MILLION EUROS,
SECURITAS TO PAY 10.3 MILLION EUROS, STRONG CHARON TO PAY 4.7
MILLION EUROS
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