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Fines, court rulings and incidents from Europe and North America: 1,370 cases from 35 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.
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by authority- Finanzmarktaufsicht Liechtenstein (FMA) 2 cases 100 % · €115,604
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per quarter, by date of decision| Period | Cases | Total |
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| Q3 2025 | 0 | — |
| Q4 2025 | 1 | €62,145 |
| Q1 2026 | 0 | — |
| Q2 2026 | 0 | — |
| Q3 2026 | 1 | €53,459 |
2 cases
21 Aug 2026 Bank oder Finanzinstitut (anonymisiert)Liechtenstein: CHF 50,000 fine for due diligence and sanctions screening failures €53,459
The Finanzmarktaufsicht (FMA, Liechtenstein Financial Market Authority) fined an unnamed legal person CHF 50,000 for breaches of the Sorgfaltspflichtgesetz (Due Diligence Act) – business profiles not established or updated as required, group-wide application of the due diligence standard not ensured – and of the Gesetz über die Durchsetzung internationaler Sanktionen (ISG, Act on the Enforcement of International Sanctions). The ISG provision relied on makes it an offence punishable by a fine not to carry out the sanctions screening of customer and transaction documents, or to carry it out improperly or late.
Sanctions screening of customers and transactions must be complete and timely, and in groups the due diligence standard must also be applied at branches and subsidiaries.
Sanctions screening of customers and transactions and group-wide due diligence standards
- Authority / court
- Finanzmarktaufsicht Liechtenstein (FMA)
- Area of law
- Money laundering and terrorist financing · Customer due diligence
- Legal basis
- Art. 31 Abs. 1 Bst. e und k Sorgfaltspflichtgesetz (SPG); Art. 11 Abs. 1a Bst. c Gesetz über die Durchsetzung internationaler Sanktionen (ISG)
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- final
- Sector
- Financial services and insurance
Original amount 50,000 CHF, converted at the ECB reference rate of 21 Aug 2026.
- FMA Liechtenstein: Enforcement und Sanktionen – anonymisiert veröffentlichte Sanktionen (Eintrag 21. August 2026, CHF 50 000) Enforcement database of an authority
Checked against the official source on 28 Sep 2026 · Direct link
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12 Dec 2025 Treuhandgesellschaft (anonymisiert)Liechtenstein: CHF 58,000 fine on trust company (due diligence, conflicts of interest) €62,145
The Finanzmarktaufsicht (FMA, Liechtenstein Financial Market Authority) fined an unnamed legal person CHF 58,000 because it had not established or updated the business relationship profile as required (Sorgfaltspflichtgesetz, Due Diligence Act) and had breached the provisions of the Treuhändergesetz (Trustees Act) on conflicts of interest. These provisions require trustees and trust companies to keep their own assets strictly separate from client money, not to engage in proprietary transactions, and to disclose and document conflicts of interest towards clients; the FMA does not state which of these obligations was breached.
Trust companies must keep client profiles up to date and systematically identify, document and disclose conflicts of interest.
Business profiles and handling conflicts of interest in the trust business
- Authority / court
- Finanzmarktaufsicht Liechtenstein (FMA)
- Area of law
- Money laundering and terrorist financing · Customer due diligence
- Legal basis
- Art. 31 Abs. 1 Bst. e i.V.m. Art. 31 Abs. 5 Sorgfaltspflichtgesetz (SPG); Art. 81 Abs. 1 Bst. f i.V.m. Art. 81 Abs. 6 Treuhändergesetz (TrHG)
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- final
- Sector
- Financial services and insurance
- Liability of senior managers
- For the Due Diligence Act breach, the fine is based on Art. 31(5) SPG, which makes the legal person liable for offences committed by persons in management positions.
Original amount 58,000 CHF, converted at the ECB reference rate of 12 Dec 2025.
- FMA Liechtenstein: Enforcement und Sanktionen – anonymisiert veröffentlichte Sanktionen (Eintrag 12. Dezember 2025, CHF 58 000) Enforcement database of an authority
Checked against the official source on 28 Sep 2026 · Direct link