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South Korean police agency to begin probing franchise businesses for dominance abuses

( July 31, 2017, 06:15 GMT | Insight) -- South Korea's National Police Agency has announced that it will start investigating franchise businesses over possible dominance abuses starting from tomorrow, Yonhap News reports.South Korea's National Police Agency has announced that it will start investigating franchise businesses over possible dominance abuses starting from tomorrow, Yonhap News reports. The police will primarily look into the possibility of distribution companies accepting bribes from suppliers. It will also look into landlords interfering with businesses and embezzling maintenance costs from franchisees. If violations connected to unfair trade practices are found, the police plan to report companies to the Korea Fair Trade Commission for administrative action....

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