Libor Collusion Can’t Be Excused by Bank Crisis: Almunia
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Banks that manipulated Libor and other interbank lending rates shouldn’t use the financial crisis as an excuse for collusion, the European Union’s antitrust chief said.
“A crisis is not at all an excuse” for failing to comply with antitrust legislation, EU Competition Commissioner Joaquin Almunia said yesterday in an interview in Brussels.