Improving Criminal Cartel Enforcement in the UK: The Case for the Adoption of Bis’s “Option 4”

"There are three substantive sections to this article. Section B highlights the problems with the employment of the definitional element of “dishonesty” in December 2012 European Competition Journal 591 the UK Cartel Offence. Section C, by linking cartel activity to the concept of “deception”, explains the relevance of “carving out” agreements made openly from a future definition of the Cartel Offence. Section D builds upon the findings in Sections B and C, and sets out the case for the adoption of Option. Finally, some concluding observations are offered.