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Who was sanctioned, and for what?

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.

1case from 1 jurisdiction
€800Total of monetary amounts
€800Median per case with an amount

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Where?

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  1. Germany €800 100 % · 1 case

What for?

by topic
  1. Customer due diligence €800 100 % · 1 case

Who?

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When?

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1 case

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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