On October 6, three former ocean freight executives were indicted for participating in a long-running price-fixing conspiracy. These executives—Yoshiyuki Aoki, Masahiro Kato and Shunichi Kusunose—were charged with allocating customers and routes, rigging bids and fixing prices for the sale of international ocean shipments of roll-on, roll-off cargo to and from the United States and elsewhere, including the Port of Baltimore. The affected cargo included cars, trucks, construction equipment and agricultural equipment. U.S. v. Aoki, 15-cr-524 (D. Md.). DOJ Press Release
