Ex-Qantas freight chief pays heavy price for cartel
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Bruce McCaffrey, 65, the formervice-president of freight for the Americas, will soon begin asix-month jail term for his part in a global air freight cartel among more than30 airlines. He has already paid a $US20, 000 fine after pleading guilty tofixing charges last May.
Although the airline has beenhurt financially for its part in the racket – footing fines of more than US$100million in the US and Australia – noother Qantas managers have faced personal fines or time behind bars. A pleaagreement reached with the US Department of Justice more than a year agoprotected all of Qantas’s management from prosecution.
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