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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- Wirtschafts- und Korruptionsstaatsanwaltschaft (WKStA); Landesgericht für Strafsachen Wien €60,000 100 % · 1 case
- Wirtschafts- und Korruptionsstaatsanwaltschaft (WKStA); Landesgericht Eisenstadt — 0 % · 1 case
What for?
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When?
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| Q4 2024 | 1 | — |
| Q1 2025 | 0 | — |
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| Q3 2025 | 1 | €60,000 |
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| Q1 2026 | 0 | — |
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2 cases
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
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