Netherlands drops ticket fraud investigation
ACM chairman Chris Fonteijn says high secondary prices are the result of "supply and demand" and rejects claims of collusion between Ticketmaster and Seatwave
News By | 10 June 2016
The Netherlands’ Authority for Consumers and Markets (ACM) has dropped its investigation into the country’s secondary ticketing sector, rejecting claims that primary and secondary outlets – specifically Live Nation/Ticketmaster and Seatwave – had colluded to gouge prices on resale sites.
The investigation was launched at the request of Belgium’s consumer affairs minister, Kris Peters – who last month successfully lobbied to have access to three secondary outlets blocked by Belgian ISPs – amid accusations of fraud after tickets for Adele’s sold-out shows in…
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