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Fri 05 May 2007US 'turning up the heat' on cartelsIrish executives involved in cartel activity not only face prosecution in Ireland, but also abroad, warns Claire Kellyof McCann FitzGeraldIrish executives involved in any form of cartel activity should be starting to feel distinctly uncomfortable. Last year a custodial sentence, thought to be the first in Europe for cartel activity, was imposed on an individual involved in a price-fixing cartel in the home heating oil sector in the west of Ireland.