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Who was sanctioned, and for what?

Fines, court rulings and incidents from Europe, North America, Latin America, Asia-Pacific and Middle East: 1,908 cases from 40 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
€489,000Total of monetary amounts
€489,000Median per case with an amount

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1 case

4 Jul 2025 Alchem International Pvt. Ltd. und Alchem International (H.K.) LimitedAlchem: €489,000 fine for taking part in the SNBB pharmaceutical ingredient cartel EU levelCartels and collusion €489,000

According to the European Commission's findings, Alchem took part from 1 November 2005 to 12 February 2018 in an EEA-wide cartel concerning the active ingredient N-butylbromide scopolamine (SNBB), involving minimum prices, quotas and exchanges of sensitive information. Unlike the other participants, who were subject to a settlement decision in October 2023, Alchem declined to settle and received a fine of 489,000 EUR without any reduction.

What organisations can take from it

Suppliers of active pharmaceutical ingredients are also subject to the cartel prohibition; those who do not cooperate forgo reductions.

Relevance to training and awareness

Price-fixing and quota agreements between competitors

Authority / court
Europäische Kommission
Area of law
Competition law · Cartels and collusion
Legal basis
Art. 101 AEUV; Art. 53 EWR-Abkommen
Action
Fine
Status of proceedings
unknown
Sector
Chemicals and pharmaceuticals
Published
4 Jul 2025

Checked against the official source on 28 Sep 2026 · Direct link

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