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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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per quarter, by date of decision| Period | Cases | Total |
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| Q3 2023 | 0 | — |
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| Q1 2024 | 1 | €90.5m |
| Q2 2024 | 0 | — |
| Q3 2024 | 1 | €138.9m |
| Q4 2024 | 1 | — |
| Q1 2025 | 1 | €143.3m |
| Q2 2025 | 0 | — |
| Q3 2025 | 2 | €60,000 |
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| Q3 2026 | 1 | — |
7 cases
23 Sep 2026 BGH upholds conviction of a procurement head of unit at the OLG Jena for accepting benefits Custodial sentence
A head of unit at the Higher Regional Court of Jena (OLG Jena) responsible for budget, procurement and personnel of the Thuringian judiciary obtained fourteen loans (375 to 10,000 EUR) from two co-defendants between 2013 and 2019, coupled with the tacit expectation that he would take them into account when awarding contracts; he also concluded service contracts in breach of public procurement law (damage exceeding 450,000 EUR). The Regional Court of Gera (LG Gera) imposed an aggregate suspended prison sentence of two years and confiscation. Germany's Federal Court of Justice (Bundesgerichtshof, BGH) upheld the conviction for accepting benefits (Vorteilsannahme, not Bestechlichkeit, i.e. taking bribes) in 13 cases, discontinued one time-barred case and set aside the aggregate sentence and the amount of the daily fine rate; the defendant's appeal on points of law will be decided separately.
Private loans from suppliers to procurement officers are a criminal offence even without a specific quid pro quo – contracting authorities need clear rules and staff rotation.
Loans and benefits from contractors to procurement officers
- Authority / court
- Bundesgerichtshof (2. Strafsenat); Vorinstanz Landgericht Gera
- Area of law
- Bribery and corruption · Bribery of public officials
- Legal basis
- § 331 StGB (Vorteilsannahme), § 266 StGB (Untreue); BGH 2 StR 554/25
- Action
- Custodial sentence
- Status of proceedings
- under appeal
- Sector
- Public sector
- Culpability
- intentional
- Liability of senior managers
- The former head of unit (a management function in the judicial administration) was convicted; two lenders were co-defendants.
- Published
- 23 Sep 2026
Checked against the official source on 25 Sep 2026 · Direct link
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8 Aug 2025 Ronny Pecik (Unternehmer)Diversion: businessman Pecik pays around 60,000 EUR over benefits for a Finance Ministry secretary general €60,000
In the CASAG set of proceedings, the businessman was charged with having granted a head of cabinet and later secretary general at the Austrian Federal Ministry of Finance (BMF) benefits worth around 17,000 EUR (use of luxury cars, tailor-made suits) in order to obtain goodwill in official business. After he accepted responsibility, the proceedings were concluded with final effect by way of diversion (discontinuation without a conviction) against payment of around 60,000 EUR.
Even benefits in kind to ministry officials, such as the use of cars or clothing, can be punishable as "Anfüttern" (grooming officials) – rules on gifts must also apply to owners.
Gifts and benefits in kind to civil servants (grooming officials)
- Authority / court
- Wirtschafts- und Korruptionsstaatsanwaltschaft (WKStA); Landesgericht für Strafsachen Wien
- Area of law
- Bribery and corruption · Gifts, hospitality and benefits
- Legal basis
- § 307a StGB (Vorteilszuwendung); Diversion nach StPO
- Action
- Other
- Status of proceedings
- final
- Sector
- Other
- Culpability
- intentional
- Liability of senior managers
- Personal responsibility of the businessman Ronny Pecik (diversion without a finding of guilt).
- Published
- 8 Aug 2025
- Verfahrenskomplex CASAG: Diversion im Verfahren wegen Vorteilszuwendung Press release of an authority
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6 Aug 2025 LG Neuruppin/BGH: 3.5 years' imprisonment for bribing the head of a state-owned waste management company Custodial sentence
From 2015 to 2019, the managing director of a supplier of landfill technology granted the managing director of a waste management company controlled by two German federal states benefits of around 696,325 EUR and in return received preferential contracts. Because the waste management company is state-controlled, its head was deemed a public official. The prison sentence of 3 years and 6 months is final; the confiscation of 1,982,658.63 EUR must be decided afresh.
Anyone supplying municipal or state-owned companies is, in legal terms, bribing public officials – the stricter Sections 331 et seq. StGB (German Criminal Code) apply there, not merely Section 299 StGB.
Managing directors of public companies as public officials
- Authority / court
- Bundesgerichtshof (6. Strafsenat); Vorinstanz Landgericht Neuruppin
- Area of law
- Bribery and corruption · Bribery of public officials
- Legal basis
- § 334 StGB (Bestechung) i. V. m. § 11 Abs. 1 Nr. 2 c StGB; BGH 6 StR 315/24; LG Neuruppin 13 KLs 26/23
- Action
- Custodial sentence
- Status of proceedings
- final
- Sector
- Energy and utilities
- Culpability
- intentional
- Liability of senior managers
- The supplier's managing director was sentenced to 3 years and 6 months' imprisonment.
- Published
- 5 Jan 2026
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31 Jan 2025 Trafigura Beheer B.V.Swiss Federal Criminal Court (Bundesstrafgericht) convicts Trafigura of bribery in Angola €143.3m
Between 2009 and 2011, more than 4 million EUR and more than 600,000 USD were paid to a senior employee of the Angolan state oil distributor in order to promote ship chartering and bunkering business of the Trafigura group. The court convicted the then parent company for lacking rules on the supervision of intermediaries, imposing a fine of 3 million CHF and a compensatory claim (Ersatzforderung) of 145,634,268 USD (amount converted at the ECB rate of 31 January 2025: 148,933,982 USD in total); three individuals received prison sentences. It was the first judgment of the Federal Criminal Court on corporate criminal liability for foreign bribery; it is not final.
In Switzerland, companies are liable if their organisation fails to prevent bribery – and the compensatory claim can exceed the fine many times over.
Payments via intermediaries to employees of state-owned oil companies
- Authority / court
- Bundesstrafgericht (Strafkammer); Anklage durch die Bundesanwaltschaft
- Area of law
- Bribery and corruption · Bribery of public officials
- Legal basis
- Art. 102 StGB i. V. m. Art. 322septies StGB (Bestechung fremder Amtsträger); SK.2023.49
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- unknown
- Sector
- Energy and utilities
- Employees
- 10,000 or more
- Culpability
- intentional
- Liability of senior managers
- A former senior manager of the group received a prison sentence of 32 months (12 of them unsuspended), the intermediary 24 months suspended, and the Angolan public official 36 months (names anonymised).
- Published
- 31 Jan 2025
Original amount 148,933,982 USD, converted at the ECB reference rate of 31 Jan 2025.
- Bundesstrafgericht: Verurteilung einer juristischen und drei natürlicher Personen wegen Bestechung fremder Amtsträger (SK.2023.49) Court press release
- TRAFIGURA BEHEER BV und drei natürliche Personen vor Bundesstrafgericht angeklagt Press release of an authority
- Bundesstrafgericht, Dispositiv SK.2023.49 vom 31.01.2025 Court decision
Checked against the official source on 25 Sep 2026 · Direct link
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25 Nov 2024 Commerzialbank MattersburgCommerzialbank Mattersburg: indictment over paid-for police Christmas parties, diversions Other
According to the indictment by Austria's Central Public Prosecutor's Office for Combating Economic Crimes and Corruption (WKStA), the bank, at the instigation of a former member of the management board, paid for the Christmas parties of three police stations over several years in order to influence the way they performed their duties. An indictment (Strafantrag) for granting benefits to exert influence was filed against the former board member; four mostly senior police officers were offered diversion for accepting benefits to exert influence (one probation period, two monetary payments, one further probation period), and the proceedings against two other former board members were discontinued.
Sponsoring celebrations or events for authorities you deal with is not harmless goodwill – it can be punishable as grooming officials (Anfüttern).
Invitations and celebrations for authorities and the police
- Authority / court
- Wirtschafts- und Korruptionsstaatsanwaltschaft (WKStA); Landesgericht Eisenstadt
- Area of law
- Bribery and corruption · Gifts, hospitality and benefits
- Legal basis
- § 307b StGB (Vorteilszuwendung zur Beeinflussung), § 306 StGB (Vorteilsannahme zur Beeinflussung)
- Action
- Other
- Status of proceedings
- unknown
- Sector
- Financial services and insurance
- Culpability
- intentional
- Liability of senior managers
- Indictment against a former member of the bank's management board; proceedings against two other former board members discontinued.
- Published
- 25 Nov 2024
- Verfahrenskomplex Commerzialbank: Anklage in Causa Polizei-Weihnachtsfeiern Press release of an authority
Checked against the official source on 25 Sep 2026 · Direct link
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5 Aug 2024 Glencore International AGOffice of the Attorney General of Switzerland: summary penalty order against Glencore over bribery in Congo €138.9m
Glencore failed to take all reasonable organisational precautions to prevent the bribery of foreign public officials by a business partner in connection with the acquisition of minority stakes in two mining companies in the DR Congo in 2011. The Office of the Attorney General of Switzerland (Bundesanwaltschaft, BA) issued a summary penalty order (Strafbefehl) imposing a fine of 2 million CHF and a compensatory claim of 150 million USD (amount converted at the ECB rate of 5 August 2024: 152,357,266 USD in total); further matters from 2007–2017 were discontinued.
Companies are also liable for bribery by business partners if they have not taken adequate due diligence and control measures.
Corruption risks posed by business partners in acquisitions of stakes
- Authority / court
- Bundesanwaltschaft (BA)
- Area of law
- Bribery and corruption · Bribery of public officials
- Legal basis
- Art. 102 Abs. 2 StGB (Unternehmensverantwortlichkeit) i. V. m. Bestechung fremder Amtsträger; Strafbefehl
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- unknown
- Sector
- Steel and metals
- Employees
- 10,000 or more
- Culpability
- intentional
- Published
- 5 Aug 2024
Original amount 152,357,266 USD, converted at the ECB reference rate of 5 Aug 2024.
- Bundesanwaltschaft schliesst Strafuntersuchung gegen Glencore International AG mit Strafbefehl und Einstellungsverfügung ab Press release of an authority
- OM: Geldboete Fleurette Properties Ltd wegens omkoping in Congo (erwähnt Strafbefehl gegen Glencore vom 05.08.2024) Press release of an authority
Checked against the official source on 25 Sep 2026 · Direct link
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1 Mar 2024 Gunvor SAGunvor convicted: around 86.7 million CHF over corruption in Ecuador's oil business €90.5m
The Geneva-based commodities trading house failed to take all reasonable organisational precautions to prevent foreign public officials from being bribed on its behalf in connection with the Ecuadorian oil industry from 2013 to 2017. The Office of the Attorney General of Switzerland (BA) – in coordination with US authorities – ordered Gunvor to pay around 86.7 million CHF, of which 4.3 million CHF is a fine.
Commodities traders must scrutinise payments to intermediaries in government business without gaps – the confiscation of profits far exceeds the fine.
Payments via intermediaries to state-owned oil companies
- Authority / court
- Bundesanwaltschaft (BA)
- Area of law
- Bribery and corruption · Bribery of public officials
- Legal basis
- Art. 102 StGB (Unternehmensverantwortlichkeit) i. V. m. Bestechung fremder Amtsträger
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- unknown
- Sector
- Energy and utilities
- Culpability
- intentional
- Published
- 1 Mar 2024
Original amount 86,700,000 CHF, converted at the ECB reference rate of 1 Mar 2024.
- GUNVOR SA wegen strafrechtlicher Verantwortlichkeit in Zusammenhang mit Korruptionsdelikten in Ecuador verurteilt Press release of an authority
Checked against the official source on 25 Sep 2026 · Direct link