Compliance Radar

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.

3cases from 1 jurisdiction
€349.1mTotal of monetary amounts
€255.8mLargest single case: Ryanair DAC, Ryanair Holdings plc
€70mMedian per case with an amount

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Where?

by authority
  1. Autorità Garante della Concorrenza e del Mercato (AGCM) €349.1m 100 % · 3 cases

What for?

by topic
  1. Abuse of market power €255.8m 73 % · 1 case
  2. Cartels and collusion €93.3m 27 % · 2 cases

Who?

by sector

All sectors

  1. Transport, logistics and shipping €255.8m 73 % · 1 case
  2. Steel and metals €70m 20 % · 1 case
  3. Food and agriculture €23.3m 7 % · 1 case

When?

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3 cases

28 Apr 2026 Amica Chips S.p.A., Pata S.p.A., Preziosi Food S.p.A.Italy: 23.3 million EUR against Amica Chips, Pata and Preziosi Food over snack cartel ItalyCartels and collusion €23.3m

In a secret, continuing agreement, three manufacturers of salty snacks and crisps divided up among themselves the supply of private-label snacks to food retailers. Fines: Amica Chips 8,239,210 EUR, Pata 7,555,387 EUR, Preziosi Food 7,503,550 EUR; this was the first time Italy's competition authority (Autorità Garante della Concorrenza e del Mercato, AGCM) applied its settlement procedure.

What organisations can take from it

Retailers' tenders for private labels are competition – coordinated sham bids to retailers constitute a cartel.

Relevance to training and awareness

Sham bids in retailers' private-label tenders

Authority / court
Autorità Garante della Concorrenza e del Mercato (AGCM)
Area of law
Competition law · Cartels and collusion
Legal basis
Art. 101 AEUV; Art. 14-quater Gesetz 287/1990 (Settlement)
Action
Fine
Status of proceedings
unknown
Sector
Food and agriculture
Mitigating circumstances
Leniency reduction for Pata and Amica Chips; 10 % settlement discount for all
Published
28 Apr 2026

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

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31 Dec 2025 C2MAC Group, Fonderie De Riccardis, Zanardi Fonderie u. a. (Gießereikartell, 12 Unternehmen und Assofond)Italy: 70 million EUR against 16 foundries and the association Assofond over price index cartel ItalyCartels and collusion €70m

From 2004 to June 2024, foundries coordinated their pricing strategies via the association Assofond: they exchanged sensitive information and developed joint indexation mechanisms ("Assofond indicators") in order to push through price increases including margins. The AGCM imposed fines of 70 million EUR (maximum around 600 million EUR), taking the crisis in the sector into account as a mitigating factor. Addressees: C2MAC Group, Fonderia Corrà, Fonderie De Riccardis, Fonderie Guido Glisenti/Lead Time, Pilenga Baldassarre/E.F. Group, Fonderie Mora Gavardo/Camozzi Group, Zanardi Fonderie, VDP Fonderia, Fonderie Ariotti, Ironcastings, Fonderia Zardo, ZML Industries/Cividale, Assofond.

What organisations can take from it

Joint price indices within an association are only permissible if they do not enable coordination of margins or prices – metalworking companies should have their association activities accompanied by competition law advice.

Relevance to training and awareness

Association indices and price adjustment clauses as a coordination tool

Authority / court
Autorità Garante della Concorrenza e del Mercato (AGCM)
Area of law
Competition law · Cartels and collusion
Legal basis
Art. 101 AEUV
Action
Fine
Status of proceedings
unknown
Sector
Steel and metals
Mitigating circumstances
The severe crisis in the foundry sector was taken into account in setting the fines
Published
31 Dec 2025

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

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23 Dec 2025 Ryanair DAC, Ryanair Holdings plcItaly: 255.8 million EUR against Ryanair for obstructing travel agencies ItalyAbuse of market power €255.8m

From April 2023 until at least April 2025, Ryanair obstructed travel agencies from buying Ryanair flights in combination with other services, for example through facial recognition procedures, account deletions, blocking of means of payment and restrictive partner agreements. The AGCM considered this to be an abuse of a dominant position and imposed fines of 255,761,692 EUR on a joint and several basis.

What organisations can take from it

Dominant providers must not use technical barriers to force sales partners and resellers out of the market.

Authority / court
Autorità Garante della Concorrenza e del Mercato (AGCM)
Area of law
Competition law · Abuse of market power
Legal basis
Art. 102 AEUV
Action
Fine
Status of proceedings
unknown
Sector
Transport, logistics and shipping
Employees
10,000 or more
Published
23 Dec 2025

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

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