1.   Alan Fels, chairman of the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission, has advocated for imprisonment of executives who engage in cartel activity.

2.   The best way to cut down cartel activities along the U.S.-Texas border is to choke off southern sources of supply, an institute source said.

3.   European Union antitrust investigators are also probing allegations of cartel activity by brewers in other nations, including Italy, the Netherlands, France and Denmark.

4.   The DEA, other federal authorities and local police nationwide are improving communications to better exchange information about cartel activities.

5.   The official who spoke on condition of anonymity said the European Commission had sent the companies questions about price rises to find out if there is any cartel activity.

6.   The Swedish Competition Authority raided NCC and eight other construction companies in October as part of an investigation of alleged cartel activities in the asphalt industry.