New UK taskforce to crack down on coronavirus profiteers

Competition watchdog to act against traders raising prices on essential goods such as hand sanitiser and toilet rollThe competition watchdog is setting up a coronavirus taskforce to crack down on companies that cash in during the outbreak by bumping up prices or exploiting people’s fears with misleading claims about products.The Competition & Markets Authority said it had already contacted traders and online trading platforms about excessive pricing of hand sanitiser, sales of which ha