The US Justice Department has released the names of six Qantas executives connected to a global price-fixing cartel. Qantas was fined US$61 million by the department last November for its role in price fixing in the air freight industry. Former and current Qantas executives Peter Frampton, John Cooper, Stephen Cleary, Harold Pang, Desmond Church and Bruce McCaffrey will not receive immunity from prosecution that was offered to Qantas, according to a US Plea Agreement. Qantas along with Lufthansa, SingaporeAirlines, Cathay Pacific, Air New Zealand, JAL and British Airways, are alleged tohave formed a cartel to fix fuel, securityand war-risk surcharges against shippersand freight forwarders.
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