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A professor, a former government official, denounced the group for “damages due to the violation of antitrust laws”. The lawsuit could open a legal breach, leading for the first time to recognize OPEC as a cartel
by Sissi Bellomo
It’s a $ 50 lawsuit brought by a single European citizen, but it could change the fate of OPEC. And the Berlin Court took it seriously: the request for “damages due to the violation of antitrust laws” – in practice the increase in the price of a few full loads for the scooter, documented with the gasoline attendant’s receipts – was accepted and the German judges started a judicial proceeding, notifying the Organization of the allegations and inviting it to appoint its lawyers ….