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Angela Giuffrida in Rome

Main ticket seller and six tour companies fined £17m for Colosseum price-fixing

They stand in front of the ancient amphitheatre
King Charles And Queen Camilla at the Colosseum in Rome on 8 April, the second day of their state visit to Italy. Photograph: Antonio Masiello/Getty

An Italian ticketing company and six tour operators have been fined almost €20m (£17m) for illegal practices that made it difficult for regular visitors to access Rome’s Colosseum at the standard cost.

Italy’s antitrust authority, AGCM, said the practices, including using software bots to hoard tickets and resell them at higher prices, made it “essentially impossible” to buy tickets online for site.

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