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Court rules former Heiploeg boss should pay €13m over shrimp price-fixing

Court finds Nienhuis responsible for illegal price agreements made by Heiploeg, Klaas Puul Beheer and some smaller buyers with fishermen between 2000 and 2009

By Tom Seaman | Sept. 29, 2020 07:57 BST
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A court has ruled Hendrik Nienhuis, the former CEO of the shrimp processor now known as Heiploeg International, should pay €13 million for orchestrating the North Sea shrimp price-fixing cartel that pushed the company into insolvency.

On Monday, a court found the 83-year-old Nienhuis responsible for the illegal price agreements made by Heiploeg, Klaas Puul Beheer and some smaller buyers with fishermen between 2000 and 2009, RTL Nieuws reported [...]

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