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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.
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Where?
by authority- Europäische Wertpapier- und Marktaufsichtsbehörde (ESMA) €5.72m 100 % · 3 cases
What for?
by topicWho?
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When?
per quarter, by date of decision| Period | Cases | Total |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2023 | 0 | — |
| Q4 2023 | 0 | — |
| Q1 2024 | 1 | €2.2m |
| Q2 2024 | 0 | — |
| Q3 2024 | 0 | — |
| Q4 2024 | 0 | — |
| Q1 2025 | 0 | — |
| Q2 2025 | 0 | — |
| Q3 2025 | 0 | — |
| Q4 2025 | 0 | — |
| Q1 2026 | 1 | €1.37m |
| Q2 2026 | 1 | €2.15m |
| Q3 2026 | 0 | — |
3 cases
30 Jun 2026 Moody's Deutschland GmbHESMA fines Moody's Deutschland 2.1 million EUR €2.15m
The credit rating agency did not submit up-to-date rating information to the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA), did not provide complete historical performance data to the central repository and lacked adequate procedures and internal control mechanisms. ESMA found negligent infringements and imposed fines totalling 2,145,000 EUR.
Reporting obligations to the supervisory authority are data quality issues – without functioning internal controls, they become a risk of fines.
- Authority / court
- Europäische Wertpapier- und Marktaufsichtsbehörde (ESMA)
- Area of law
- Capital markets and financial supervision · Organisational requirements
- Legal basis
- Verordnung (EG) Nr. 1060/2009 (CRA-Verordnung), Art. 24, 36a, Anhang III
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- unknown
- Sector
- Financial services and insurance
- Culpability
- negligent
- Repeat case
- yes
- Decision of the Board of Supervisors – Moody's Deutschland GmbH (ESMA43-857238790-2075) Decision of an authority
- ESMA Sanctions and Enforcement Enforcement database of an authority
Checked against the official source on 25 Sep 2026 · Direct link
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17 Feb 2026 REGIS-TR S.A.Trade repository REGIS-TR: deficiencies in organisation and data protection – 1.37 million EUR €1.37m
The Luxembourg trade repository lacked adequate compliance procedures and an appropriate organisational structure, failed to identify operational risks and did not adequately protect the confidentiality and integrity of the reported data. ESMA imposed fines totalling 1,374,000 EUR for negligent infringements under EMIR and SFTR; the case is under appeal.
Market infrastructures must manage operational risks and data access as strictly as banks manage their credit risks.
- Authority / court
- Europäische Wertpapier- und Marktaufsichtsbehörde (ESMA)
- Area of law
- Capital markets and financial supervision · Organisational requirements
- Legal basis
- Verordnung (EU) Nr. 648/2012 (EMIR), Art. 65, 73, Anhang I; Verordnung (EU) 2015/2365 (SFTR), Art. 9
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- under appeal
- Sector
- Financial services and insurance
- Culpability
- negligent
- Repeat case
- yes
- Decision of the Board of Supervisors – REGIS-TR S.A. (ESMA43-857238790-1634) Decision of an authority
- ESMA Sanctions and Enforcement Enforcement database of an authority
Checked against the official source on 25 Sep 2026 · Direct link
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20 Mar 2024 Scope Ratings GmbHScope Ratings: conflicts of interest not identified and disclosed – 2.2 million EUR €2.2m
The Berlin-based credit rating agency lacked adequate procedures, internal controls and organisational arrangements to deal with conflicts of interest, did not disclose a potential conflict and concealed ancillary services it had provided to a rated entity. ESMA found negligent infringements and imposed fines of 2,197,500 EUR.
Systematically record and disclose ancillary services for customers whom you are at the same time rating or auditing.
Identifying and disclosing conflicts of interest
- Authority / court
- Europäische Wertpapier- und Marktaufsichtsbehörde (ESMA)
- Area of law
- Capital markets and financial supervision · Organisational requirements
- Legal basis
- Verordnung (EG) Nr. 1060/2009 (CRA-Verordnung), Anhang III
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- unknown
- Sector
- Financial services and insurance
- Culpability
- negligent
- Repeat case
- yes
- Published
- 22 Mar 2024
- Decision of the Board of Supervisors – Scope Ratings GmbH (ESMA43-1868696574-770) Decision of an authority
- ESMA Sanctions and Enforcement Enforcement database of an authority
Checked against the official source on 25 Sep 2026 · Direct link