USA : The US Department of Justice obtains the first extradition to the US of a foreing executive on an antitrust charge with alleged price fixing

*This article is an automatic translation of the original article, provided here for your convenience. Read the original article. The Department of Justice (DOJ) announced in a press release issued on April 4, 2014, the first extradition of a corporate executive accused of participating in a conspiracy to eliminate competition through bid-rigging in government contracts, price fixing and market share allocation in connection with sales of marine flexible hoses for the transfer of oil between tankers and onshore storage facilities (marine hoses) in the United States and elsewhere. US Assistant Attorney General William Baer, head of the Antitrust Division at the DOJ, pointed out that this extradition from Germany to the US of an Italian citizen, Romano Pisciotti, is in fact "the first