A survey shows that 9 pct of Estonian entrepreneurs think that cartel agreements are common in their sphere of activities, Rein Lang, the Minister of Justice said, Eesti Päevaleht writes.
Today the Minister introduced the directions of Estonian criminal policy to 2010 to the Parliament.
He said that last year five competition crimes were registered, which is a very small number.
“There’s no point of hiding and saying that there are no cartel crimes in our small economy. The survey by the University of Tartu and the Ministry of Justice shows that 9 pct of entrepreneurs think cartel agreements in their sphere of activities are quite common,” Lang said.
In 2008 17 pct more or 326 corruption crimes were registered.
“I think it primarily shows the good work of legal protection and proves that giving investigating municipalities back to the Security Police was the right thing to do,” Lang said.
He added that leaking the materials of criminal matters to the media is a very serious problem.