Criminal Enforcement

The Antitrust Division’s criminal enforcement program holds executives and corporations accountable for antitrust crimes.

The Antitrust Division’s criminal enforcement program prosecutes individuals and corporate entities for collusion, monopolization, and other crimes that undermine the free market. It promotes competition and innovation while protecting consumers, workers, and taxpayers.

Criminal Enforcement Sections and Offices

What Is Criminal Antitrust?

Price Fixing, Bid Rigging, and Market Allocation Schemes: What They Are and What to Look For (February 24, 2021)

An Antitrust Primer for Federal Law Enforcement Personnel (October 2023)

Report an Antitrust Crime

Leniency Policy

Corporations and individuals who report their cartel activity and cooperate in the Division’s investigation of the cartel reported can avoid criminal conviction, fines, and prison sentences if they meet the requirements of the policy.

Find FAQs, policy documents, model leniency letters, and application information on the Leniency Policy page.

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Procurement Collusion

The Procurement Collusion Strike Force (PCSF) leads a coordinated national response to combat antitrust crimes and related schemes in government procurement, grant, and program funding at all levels of government—Federal, state, and local.

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Fugitives

The Department of Justice Antitrust Division actively works with foreign authorities to ensure that foreign-located fugitive defendants are apprehended and extradited to the United States to face their charges. The Antitrust Division seeks information from the public regarding the location of fugitives. If you are a fugitive, the Antitrust Division urges you or your attorney to contact us to discuss the resolution of your charges.

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