At face value, it should be very simple for companies to spot that they are infringing competition law if they are working with their competitors to set prices, or if they are dictating draconian sales terms to customers to corner a market they already predominantly control. A laughably low corporate tax rate of 0.005 percent should also be a good indicator that the company is effectively receiving state aid.

Neil Hodge is a freelance business journalist and photographer based in Nottingham, United Kingdom. He writes on insurance and risk management, corporate governance, internal audit, compliance, and legal...