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Fines, court rulings and incidents from Europe and North America: 756 cases from 32 jurisdictions, each with an official source and checked against that source before publication. Filter by country, area of law and sector. Click a chart to drill down one level.

2cases from 2 jurisdictions
€66,707Total of monetary amounts
€65,907Largest single case: Manor Windsor Realty Ltd.
€33,354Median per case with an amount

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  1. Canada €65,907 99 % · 1 case
  2. EU €800 1 % · 1 case

What for?

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  1. Internal controls €65,907 99 % · 1 case
  2. Customer due diligence €800 1 % · 1 case

Who?

by company
  1. Manor Windsor Realty Ltd. €65,907 100 % · 1 case

When?

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2 cases

27 Nov 2025 Manor Windsor Realty Ltd.FINTRAC: estate agent Manor Windsor Realty without AML training programme – 107,250 CAD CanadaInternal controls €65,907

The estate agency in Windsor (Ontario) received a penalty of 107,250 CAD from the Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre of Canada (FINTRAC) for four violations: no up-to-date, approved compliance policies, no assessment of the money laundering risk, no written ongoing training programme and no effectiveness review of the compliance programme. The company has appealed to the Federal Court.

What organisations can take from it

For estate agents, a missing written training programme is a separate violation subject to penalties.

Relevance to training and awareness

AML training programme for estate agents

Missing or inadequate training played a role in the decision.

Authority / court
Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre of Canada (FINTRAC)
Area of law
Money laundering and terrorist financing · Internal controls
Legal basis
Proceeds of Crime (Money Laundering) and Terrorist Financing Act, Part 1, und zugehörige Verordnungen
Action
Fine
Status of proceedings
under appeal
Sector
Construction and real estate
Published
12 Feb 2026

Original amount 107,250 CAD, converted at the ECB reference rate of 27 Nov 2025.

Checked against the official source on 25 Sep 2026 · Direct link

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15 Jan 2025 Saxony: fine against estate agent for breach of AML due diligence obligations GermanyCustomer due diligence €800

The Saxony State Directorate (Landesdirektion Sachsen), as anti-money laundering supervisor for the non-financial sector, imposed a fine of 800 EUR on an estate agent, announced in anonymised form, for breach of the due diligence obligations under the German Money Laundering Act (GwG). The list of announcements shows numerous further fines and reprimands against agents ranging from 50 to 5,000 EUR.

What organisations can take from it

Estate agents must identify both contracting parties in good time – even small offices are subject to active anti-money laundering supervision.

Relevance to training and awareness

Identification of contracting parties in property brokerage

Authority / court
Landesdirektion Sachsen (Geldwäscheaufsicht Nichtfinanzsektor)
Area of law
Money laundering and terrorist financing · Customer due diligence
Legal basis
Geldwäschegesetz (Sorgfaltspflichten); Bekanntmachung nach § 57 GwG
Action
Fine
Status of proceedings
final
Sector
Construction and real estate

Checked against the official source on 25 Sep 2026 · Direct link

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