Mission

The mandate of the Cartel Working Group (CWG) is to address the challenges of anti-cartel enforcement, including the prevention, detection, investigation and punishment of cartel conduct. At the heart of antitrust enforcement is the battle against hard core cartels directed at price fixing, bid rigging, market allocation and output restriction.

Current Work

CWG Annual Work Plan 2025-20262025 Update! RaidsReport: Horizontal Cooperation & Crisis Cartels at times of Covid-19ITOD Module on Cartel ReportingReport: Trends and Developments in Cartel Enforcement, 2010-20202021 UPDATE! Digital Evidence Gathering2021 UPDATE! Cartel Case Initiation2021 UPDATE! Investigative Strategy

Key Documents

ICN Framework for Sharing Non-Confidential Information for Cartel EnforcementAnti-Cartel Enforcement ManualLeniency work

CWG Contacts

The Working Group is co-chaired by the Competition Bureau Canada, The Fair Trade Commission Japan, the CCI India and GVH Hungary. For more information about the CWG, please contact:

  • Competition Bureau Canada
  • Fair Trade Commission Japan
  • CCI India
  • GVH Hungary