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Company: EL AL Israel Airlines Ltd.
Current Parent Company: El Al Israel Airline
Penalty: $15,700,000
Year: 2009
Date: January 22, 2009
Offense Group: competition-related offenses
Primary Offense: price-fixing or anti-competitive practices
Violation Description: Three air cargo carriers, LAN Cargo S.A., Aerolinhas Brasileiras S.A., and EL AL Israel Airlines Ltd. each agreed to plead guilty and pay criminal fines totaling $124.7 million for their roles in a conspiracy to fix prices in the air cargo industry. Under the plea agreements, LAN Cargo, a Chilean company, and ABSA, a Brazilian company that is substantially owned by LAN Cargo, agreed to pay a single criminal fine of $109 million. EL AL, an Israeli company, agreed to pay a criminal fine of $15.7 million.
Level of Government: federal
Action Type: agency action
Agency: Justice Department Antitrust Division
Civil or Criminal Case: criminal
HQ Country of Current Parent: Israel
Ownership Structure of Current Parent: publicly traded
Major Industry of Current Parent: airlines
Specific Industry of Current Parent: airlines
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