Bid Rigging

Explore legal cases involving collusion and anti-trust violations in public bidding processes.

Bid-Rigging and Public Contract Auction Obstruction Case (2025)
  1. Bid-Rigging and Public Contract Auction Obstruction Case (2025)
  2. Jurisdiction: Japan (2025)
  3. Original Case: 令和5(わ)207 入札談合等関与行為の排除&防止並びに職員による入札等の公正を害すべき行為の処罰に関する法律違反、公契約関係競売入札妨害被告事件
  4. InvestigatorsTokyo District Public Prosecutors Office Special Investigation SquadProsecutorsTokyo District Public Prosecutors OfficeJudgesTokyo District CourtInstitutionsTokyo District Public Prosecutors OfficeTokyo District Court
  5. Case Tags: Bid Rigging;Public Procurement Fraud;Japanese Criminal Law;White-Collar Crime
Case Reiwa 7 (Wa) 104 - Violation of the Act on Elimination and Prevention of Involvement in Bid Rigging, etc., Obstruction of Public Contract Bidding, Aggravated Acceptance of Bribes, and Bribery
  1. Case Reiwa 7 (Wa) 104 - Violation of the Act on Elimination and Prevention of Involvement in Bid Rigging, etc., Obstruction of Public Contract Bidding, Aggravated Acceptance of Bribes, and Bribery
  2. Jurisdiction: Japan (2025)
  3. Original Case: 令和7(わ)104 入札談合等関与行為の排除及び防止並びに職員による入札等の公正を害すべき行為の処罰に関する法律違反、公契約関係競売入札妨害、加重収賄、贈賄
  4. Key Figures: Kazuhiro Matsuda (Former Director of the Ministry of Defense Procurement Division), Kenji Sawada (President of Asahi Construction Co., Ltd.)
  5. Case Tags: Bid Rigging;Obstruction of Bidding;Aggravated Bribery;Public Corruption