FTC raids 7 engineering firms

FTC raids 7 engineering firms

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows crude oil being moved to one of Japan's national oil storage bases located off Wakamatsu, Kitakyushu. The Fair Trade Commission raided seven engineering firms affiliated with major oil distributors and refiners June 27 on suspicion of repeatedly putting in rigged bids for maintenance of national oil storage bases.

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