Corruption magistrate summons six dairy firm execs to answer to ‘milk cartel’ charges

The charges are for criminal extortion, compounded by the threat of harm to the producers’ business, and are brought against 10 senior executives, such as CEOs and managers, of the dairy firms Mevgal, Fage, Delta, Olympos, Nestle and Agno-Kolios in the years 2004-2006.
They are accused of exerting pressure and threatening dairy farmers with exclusion from all markets unless they sold their milk at very low prices. An investigation was launched based on complaints filed by dairy farmers, who confirmed that they had been forced to sell below a predetermined price ceiling.
The accused deny the charges against them and claim that their actions were legitimate in the context of free competition and the freedom to select suppliers of raw materials.

source: ΑΜΝΑ