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Commodity Market Manipulation involves artificially influencing the prices of commodities, such as oil, gold, or agricultural products, to benefit a specific party at the expense of others. This can be achieved through various tactics, including creating false supply and demand signals, executing large trades to distort market prices, or spreading misleading information. Manipulation undermines the integrity of the market, leads to inefficient pricing, and can harm both producers and consumers by creating volatility and unpredictability. Regulatory bodies, such as the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) in the U.S., are tasked with detecting and preventing such practices to maintain fair and transparent markets.