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Hungarian garbage-truck cartel fined for years of bid rigging

( December 5, 2025, 13:21 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: Six companies including Renault chassis distributor Volvo Hungária Kereskedelmi have been fined 1.3 billion Hungarian Forint (almost $4 million) for collusion in a large number of public-procurement tenders for the purchase of garbage trucks and sewer cleaning vehicles, the Hungarian antitrust authority said Friday. The conduct, which also involved superstructure makers MUT Kft and Seres Gépipari Kereskedelmi as well as Interteher, He Hans Eibinger, Eurotrade Kft. and GIF Modul, lasted for several years. Volvo Hungária Kereskedelmi has also been fined an additional record amount of 270 million Forint for obstructing access to data obtained during a dawn raid.Statement follows. ...

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