News / DHL accused of continuing to conspire to fix surcharges after 'blowing the whistle'

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Customers have accused DHL of continuing to conspire to fix prices after it became a ‘whistle-blower’ on other forwarders, a New York court heard last week.

A group of shippers are claiming damages against a group of forwarders accused of conspiring to pass on both air and sea transport surcharges. DHL, said to be the “ring-leader”, in 2007 informed the US Department of Justice (DoJ) of the conspiracy – an act which gives it leniency from the court. But the shippers ...