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THE UNITED STATES, ACTING THROUGH ITS ATTORNEYS, CHARGES:

1. NORTHWEST AIRLINES LLC ("Defendant") is the successor to Northwest Airlines Corp., a corporation that was organized and existed under the laws of Delaware with its principal place of business in Eagan, Minnesota. During the period covered by this Information, Northwest Airlines Cargo, a division of Northwest Airlines, Inc. (the principal wholly-owned subsidiary of the defendant's predecessor), was engaged in the business of providing air transportation services for cargo in the United States and elsewhere.

2. Various corporations and individuals, not made defendants in this Information, participated as co-conspirators in the offense charged in this Information and performed acts and made statements in furtherance of it.

3. Whenever in this Information reference is made to any act, deed, or transaction of any corporation, the allegation means that the corporation engaged in the act, deed, or transaction by or through its officers, directors, employees, agents, or other representatives while they were actively engaged in the management, direction, control, or transaction of its business or affairs.

During the period covered by this Information:

4. Northwest Airlines Cargo and its co-conspirators provided international air transportation services for cargo ("air cargo services"). Northwest Airlines Cargo and its co-conspirators provided air cargo services to and from the United States.

5. Northwest Airlines Cargo's air cargo services transported a variety of cargo shipments, such as heavy equipment, perishable commodities, and consumer goods, on scheduled flights within the United States and internationally, including to and from the United States. For its air cargo services, Northwest Airlines Cargo charged its customers a rate that consisted of both a base rate and various fees and surcharges, such as fuel surcharges. The rates charged by Northwest Airlines Cargo's co-conspirators for air cargo services also included both a base rate and various fees and surcharges. The amount of the base rate charged by Northwest Airlines Cargo and its co-conspirators could vary based on the type and weight of the shipment, the origin and/or destination of the shipment, and the nature of the goods or products being shipped. Similarly, the amount of certain surcharges levied by Northwest Airlines Cargo and its co-conspirators could vary based on the origin and/or destination of the shipment. The base rate, fees, and surcharges charged to customers by Northwest Airlines Cargo and its co-conspirators for air cargo services are collectively referred to herein as "cargo rates."

6. From at least as early as April 2000 and continuing until at least February 14, 2006, the exact dates being unknown to the United States, Northwest Airlines Cargo's co-conspirators entered into and engaged in a combination and conspiracy to suppress and eliminate competition by fixing the cargo rates charged to customers in the United States and elsewhere for international air shipments. Defendant, through Northwest Airlines Cargo, joined and participated in the charged conspiracy from at least as early as July 2004 until at least February 14, 2006. The combination and conspiracy engaged in by Northwest Airlines Cargo and its co-conspirators was in unreasonable restraint of interstate and foreign trade and commerce in violation of Section 1 of the Sherman Act (15 U.S.C. ｧ 1).

7. The charged combination and conspiracy consisted of a continuing agreement, understanding, and concert of action among Defendant, through Northwest Airlines Cargo, and its co-conspirators, the substantial terms of which were to suppress and eliminate competition by fixing cargo rates to and from the United States and elsewhere.

8. For purposes of forming and carrying out the charged combination and conspiracy, Defendant, through Northwest Airlines Cargo, and its co-conspirators did those things that they combined and conspired to do, including, among other things:

a. participating in meetings, conversations, and communications in the United States and elsewhere to discuss the cargo rates to be charged on routes between the United States and Japan;

b. agreeing, during those meetings, conversations, and communications, on certain components of the cargo rates to charge for shipments on routes between the United States and Japan;

c. levying cargo rates in the United States and elsewhere in accordance with the agreements reached; and

d. engaging in meetings, conversations, and communications in the United States and elsewhere for the purpose of monitoring and enforcing adherence to the agreed-upon cargo rates.

9. During the period covered by this Information, proposals, contracts, invoices for payment, payments, and other documents essential to the provision of air cargo services were transmitted in interstate and foreign trade and commerce between and among offices of Northwest Airlines Cargo and its customers located in various States and foreign countries.

10. During the period covered by this Information, Defendant, through Northwest Airlines Cargo, and its co-conspirators transported substantial quantities of cargo, in a continuous and uninterrupted flow of interstate and foreign commerce, between various foreign countries and the United States, including through various U.S. airports to final destinations in various States.

11. During the period covered by this Information, the business activities of Defendant, through Northwest Airlines Cargo, and its co-conspirators in connection with the air cargo services that are the subject of this Information were within the flow of, and substantially affected, interstate and foreign trade and commerce.

12. The combination and conspiracy charged in this Information was carried out in the United States and elsewhere within the five years preceding the filing of this Information.

ALL IN VIOLATION OF TITLE 15, UNITED STATES CODE, SECTION 1.

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