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Fines, court rulings and incidents from Europe, North America, Latin America, Asia-Pacific, Middle East and Africa: 2,207 cases from 44 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- Controladoria-Geral da União (CGU) und Advocacia-Geral da União (AGU) €685.2m 86 % · 13 cases
- Controladoria-Geral da União (CGU) €113.5m 14 % · 11 cases
What for?
by topic- Bribery of public officials €685.2m 86 % · 12 cases
- no topic €113.5m 14 % · 12 cases
Who?
by sectorAll sectors
- Manufacturing and mechanical engineering €330.4m 41 % · 2 cases
- Chemicals and pharmaceuticals €113.8m 14 % · 2 cases
- Food and agriculture €113.7m 14 % · 5 cases
- Financial services and insurance €89.7m 11 % · 3 cases
- Energy and utilities €87.7m 11 % · 2 cases
- Transport, logistics and shipping €29m 4 % · 2 cases
- Healthcare €11.7m 1 % · 2 cases
- Telecoms, IT and software €10m 1 % · 3 cases
- Construction and real estate €7.21m 1 % · 1 case
- Automotive €3.99m 0 % · 1 case
- 1 more€1.4m
When?
per year, by date of decision| Period | Cases | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 5 | €444.6m |
| 2023 | 2 | €9.1m |
| 2024 | 5 | €50m |
| 2025 | 6 | €282.9m |
| 2026 | 6 | €12.2m |
24 cases
23 Jul 2026 Arla Foods Ingredientes Comércio de Produtos Alimentícios Unipessoal Ltda.Arla Foods Ingredientes: leniency agreement after self-report for BRL 31,056.36 €5,375
Arla Foods Ingredientes Comércio de Produtos Alimentícios Unipessoal Ltda. entered into a leniency agreement with the Controladoria-Geral da União (CGU, Office of the Comptroller General) and the Advocacia-Geral da União (AGU, Office of the Attorney General) concerning violations of the Anti-Corruption Law described in an unpublished annex; it had been the first to come forward, in October 2022. The alleged fine of BRL 31,056.36 derives from a preliminary fine of BRL 93,150.45, based on 2021 gross revenue of BRL 6,210,029.68, reduced by 66.66% for self-reporting, degree of cooperation and payment terms.
Self-reporting, full cooperation and the payment terms can together cut a fine under Brazil's Anti-Corruption Law by two thirds in a leniency agreement.
Self-reporting and cooperation where corruption is suspected
- Authority / court
- Controladoria-Geral da União (CGU) und Advocacia-Geral da União (AGU)
- Area of law
- Bribery and corruption
- Legal basis
- Lei nº 12.846/2013, Art. 16 und 17; Decreto nº 11.129/2022, Art. 22, 23 und 47; Lei nº 8.429/1992
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- final
- Sector
- Food and agriculture
- Mitigating circumstances
- Total reduction of 66.66% (22.22% each for self-reporting, degree of cooperation and payment terms); compensation for losses, cooperation and voluntary admission also counted as mitigating factors in the calculation.
- Liability of senior managers
- As an aggravating factor, the CGU found that management tolerated or was aware of the acts (3% uplift).
Original amount 31,056.36 BRL, converted at the ECB reference rate of 23 Jul 2026.
- Acordo de Leniência CGU/AGU – Arla Foods Ingredientes Comércio de Produtos Alimentícios Unipessoal Ltda. (Processo 00190.108116/2022-10, SEI 4123003) Decision of an authority
- Acordo de Leniência Arla – Anexo II: Demonstrativo de cálculo do valor da multa (SEI 4123008) Decision of an authority
- CGU: Acordos de leniência celebrados (Liste mit Unternehmen und Beträgen) Official register or notice
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9 Jul 2026 RSX Informática Ltda.RSX Informática: BRL 8.8m and three-year debarment for procurement fraud €1.49m
The Controladoria-Geral da União (CGU, Office of the Comptroller General) imposed on RSX Informática Ltda. a fine of BRL 8,794,574.67, extraordinary publication of the decision and a three-year ban on tendering for and contracting with the Federal Union, including removal from the supplier register SICAF. The case concerned fraud in a tender (pregão nº 5/2017) of the former Ministry of National Integration and in the resulting contracts; through the price registration agreement, other federal bodies, including the social security institute INSS with a software contract, contracted with the company without holding their own tender.
Price registration agreements carry the effects of a rigged tender into many public bodies, so the award must be clean from the outset.
Integrity in tenders and framework agreements
- Authority / court
- Controladoria-Geral da União (CGU)
- Area of law
- Bribery and corruption
- Legal basis
- Lei nº 12.846/2013, Art. 5 IV d, Art. 6 I und II; Lei nº 10.520/2002, Art. 7
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- unknown
- Sector
- Telecoms, IT and software
- Published
- 10 Jul 2026
Original amount 8,794,574.67 BRL, converted at the ECB reference rate of 9 Jul 2026.
- DOU Seção 1 Nr. 128 vom 10.07.2026 (Faksimile, CGU Base de Conhecimento): Decisão nº 202 de 9.7.2026, PAR 00190.106958/2025-80 Decision of an authority
- CGU: Relatório Final, PAR 00190.106958/2025-80 (RSX Informática) Decision of an authority
- Base de Conhecimento CGU: PAR 00190.106958/2025-80 (RSX Informática) Official register or notice
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2 Jul 2026 IRB-Brasil Resseguros S.A.IRB-Brasil Resseguros: BRL 6.32m settlement over obstructing SUSEP supervision €1.07m
IRB-Brasil Resseguros S.A. concluded a Termo de Compromisso (settlement in sanction proceedings) with the CGU and allegedly pays a fine of BRL 6,317,473.41 because the company had hindered the investigative and supervisory activity of the insurance supervisor SUSEP (Art. 5 V Lei 12.846/2013). The fine equals the statutory minimum of 0.1% of gross revenue (BRL 6,509,921.81) less BRL 192,448.40 already paid in SUSEP proceedings over inconsistent reporting. Extraordinary publication was waived, and the proceedings are thereby closed.
Incomplete or inconsistent information given to a supervisory authority can, as obstruction of supervision, trigger an anti-corruption fine.
Obstructing supervisory authorities through inaccurate information
- Authority / court
- Controladoria-Geral da União (CGU)
- Area of law
- Bribery and corruption
- Legal basis
- Lei 12.846/2013, Art. 5 V, Art. 6 I; Decreto 11.129/2022, Art. 25 § 2; Portaria Normativa CGU 155/2024
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- final
- Sector
- Financial services and insurance
- Repeat case
- no
- Mitigating circumstances
- Credit was given for a compliance programme (3.6%), the absence of proof of advantage or damage (1%) and settlement-related reductions for cooperation and admission; fines already paid to SUSEP were deducted.
- Published
- 3 Jul 2026
Original amount 6,317,473.41 BRL, converted at the ECB reference rate of 2 Jul 2026.
- CGU Base de Conhecimento – PAR 00190.102081/2025-58 (IRB-Brasil Resseguros S.A.) Enforcement database of an authority
- CGU – Termo de Compromisso com IRB-Brasil Resseguros S.A. (SEI 4136663) Decision of an authority
- CGU – Nota Técnica nº 1857/2026/CGIST/DIREP/SIPRI (Termo de Compromisso IRB) Decision of an authority
- DOU Seção 3, 3.7.2026 – Extrato de Compromisso CGU/IRB-Brasil Resseguros Official register or notice
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24 Apr 2026 Colônia dos Pescadores Z-12 do Médio Rio DoceFishers' colony Z-12: BRL 7.18m CGU fine over fraud involving Renova compensation €1.23m
The CGU imposed on the Colônia dos Pescadores Z-12 do Médio Rio Doce a fine of BRL 7,180,921.47 and extraordinary publication of the decision. Acting together with others, the association had falsified its members' applications for entry in the fishing register (RGP) and backdated records and had interfered with the federal fisheries office in Espírito Santo, so that false data found their way into official documents and compensation from the Fundação Renova, together with lawyers' fees, was paid out without entitlement (Art. 5 II, III and V Lei 12.846/2013).
Falsified documents submitted to authorities to obtain compensation
- Authority / court
- Controladoria-Geral da União (CGU)
- Area of law
- Bribery and corruption
- Legal basis
- Lei 12.846/2013, Art. 5 II, III und V, Art. 6 I und II, Art. 14; Decreto 11.129/2022, Arts. 19, 22 und 23
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- unknown
- Sector
- Food and agriculture
- Liability of senior managers
- Measures against individuals are not set out here.
- Published
- 5 May 2026
Original amount 7,180,921.47 BRL, converted at the ECB reference rate of 24 Apr 2026.
- CGU – Decisão nº 91, de 24 de abril de 2026 (DOU Seção 1, 5.5.2026) Decision of an authority
- CGU Base de Conhecimento – PAR 00190.104175/2024-81 (Colônia dos Pescadores Z-12 do Médio Rio Doce) Enforcement database of an authority
- CGU – Relatório Final da Comissão de PAR, Colônia Rio Doce Decision of an authority
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26 Jan 2026 JBJ Agropecuária Ltda., Prima Foods S.A.JBJ Agropecuária and Prima Foods: BRL 31.16m in fines under leniency agreement €4.98m
JBJ Agropecuária Ltda. and Prima Foods S.A. acknowledged, in a leniency agreement with the CGU and the AGU, that they had paid an economic advantage to a public official whose action or omission was in their interest (Art. 5 I Lei 12.846/2013). After a 66.6% reduction they allegedly pay fines totalling BRL 31,156,767.70 in three annual instalments and are jointly and severally liable for them. Payments under an agreement on the same facts with the Federal Public Prosecutor's Office (MPF) are credited.
Parallel agreements with prosecutors and oversight bodies can be coordinated – double payments are credited, but the liability remains.
Payment to a public official to influence official action
- Authority / court
- Controladoria-Geral da União (CGU) und Advocacia-Geral da União (AGU)
- Area of law
- Bribery and corruption · Bribery of public officials
- Legal basis
- Lei 12.846/2013, Art. 5 I, Art. 6 I, Arts. 16 und 17; Decreto 11.129/2022
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- final
- Sector
- Food and agriculture
- Mitigating circumstances
- For JBJ, credit was given for restitution or compensation (1%), cooperation (1.5%), voluntary admission (2%) and an applied compliance programme (2.5%); overall a 66.6% reduction on the full fine of BRL 93,283,735.64.
- Liability of senior managers
- For JBJ, tolerance or knowledge by management (3%) and the concurrence of several offences (3%) were aggravating factors.
Original amount 31,156,767.7 BRL, converted at the ECB reference rate of 26 Jan 2026.
- CGU/AGU – Acordo de Leniência com JBJ Agropecuária Ltda. e Prima Foods S.A. (Processo 00190.109011/2022-88) Decision of an authority
- Acordo de Leniência JBJ/Prima – Anexo II: Demonstrativo de cálculo e valor da multa Decision of an authority
- Acordo de Leniência JBJ/Prima – Anexo III: Demonstrativo do valor, imputação, cronograma e instrução de pagamento Decision of an authority
- CGU – Acordos de leniência celebrados (Liste) Official register or notice
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9 Jan 2026 Linkcon Ltda.Linkcon: BRL 21.5m and debarment over a rigged port authority tender €3.43m
The Controladoria-Geral da União (CGU, Office of the Comptroller General) imposed on Linkcon Ltda. a fine of BRL 21,521,878.64, extraordinary publication of the decision and a two-year ban on tendering for and contracting with the Federal Union. According to the final report, an electronic tender of the port company Companhia Docas do Rio de Janeiro (PE 17/2016) and the resulting price registration agreement were steered in the company's favour through simulated price surveys; it also submitted a false document to be classified as a small business (EPP). The CGU rejected the request for reconsideration on 30 July 2026. The amount and the facts have not been confirmed against the primary source.
Price surveys and proof of company size in public procurement must be genuine; manipulation leads to heavy fines and debarment.
Fair competition and truthful evidence in public procurement
- Authority / court
- Controladoria-Geral da União (CGU)
- Area of law
- Bribery and corruption
- Legal basis
- Lei nº 12.846/2013, Art. 5 IV a, Art. 6 I und II; Lei nº 10.520/2002, Art. 7
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- final
- Sector
- Telecoms, IT and software
- Published
- 12 Jan 2026
Original amount 21,521,878.64 BRL, converted at the ECB reference rate of 9 Jan 2026.
- DOU Seção 1 vom 12.01.2026, S. 113: CGU Decisão nº 6 de 9.1.2026 (Linkcon Ltda.) Decision of an authority
- DOU Seção 1 vom 03.08.2026 (Faksimile, CGU Base de Conhecimento): Decisão nº 240 de 30.7.2026, Reconsideração abgelehnt Decision of an authority
- CGU: Relatório Final, PAR 00190.109659/2024-16 (Linkcon) Decision of an authority
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30 Sep 2025 Bulls Holding Investments Company S.A., RS Investimentos S/ABulls Holding and RS Investimentos: BRL 508.8m for obstructing supervision €81.5m
The Controladoria-Geral da União (CGU, Office of the Comptroller General) fined Bulls Holding Investments Company S.A. BRL 387,431,733.02 and RS Investimentos S/A BRL 121,380,000.00 (BRL 508,811,733.02 in total) and ordered extraordinary publication of the decision for each. According to the final report, the companies had submitted to the insurance supervisor SUSEP bids to take over the pension association APLUB, which was under special intervention, backed by inadequate and in part apparently forged documents, thereby interfering with SUSEP's supervisory activity; RS Investimentos was additionally sanctioned for supporting Bulls Holding's acts. The amount and the facts have not been confirmed against the primary source.
Misleading documents submitted to a supervisory authority count in Brazil as interference with supervision under the Anti-Corruption Law and can trigger very large fines.
Truthful submissions to supervisory authorities
- Authority / court
- Controladoria-Geral da União (CGU)
- Area of law
- Bribery and corruption
- Legal basis
- Lei nº 12.846/2013, Art. 5 II und V, Art. 6 I und II, Art. 14
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- unknown
- Sector
- Financial services and insurance
- Liability of senior managers
- Measures against individuals are not set out here.
- Published
- 2 Oct 2025
Original amount 508,811,733.02 BRL, converted at the ECB reference rate of 30 Sep 2025.
- DOU Seção 1 vom 02.10.2025: CGU Decisão nº 393 de 30.9.2025, PAR 00190.105969/2023-81 Decision of an authority
- Base de Conhecimento CGU: PAR 00190.105969/2023-81 (Relatório Final, Parecer CONJUR, Decisão) Official register or notice
- Portal da Transparência (CGU): Cadastro Nacional de Empresas Punidas – CNEP, Datendownload (Sanktion 365225) Official register or notice
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30 Jul 2025 Seatrium Ltd., Jurong Shipyard Pte. Ltd., Estaleiro Jurong Aracruz Ltda.Seatrium and Jurong: leniency agreement for BRL 728.9m €113.2m
Seatrium Ltd., Jurong Shipyard Pte. Ltd. (both Singapore) and Estaleiro Jurong Aracruz Ltda. entered into a leniency agreement with the Controladoria-Geral da União (CGU, Office of the Comptroller General) and the Advocacia-Geral da União (AGU, Office of the Attorney General) concerning undue advantages given to public officials or politicials and persons connected to them, and undue advantages obtained in contracts with the public administration. The companies allegedly acknowledged a debt of BRL 728,933,258.58, payable within 60 days; according to the companies, they have also negotiated agreements with the Federal Public Prosecutor's Office (MPF) and Singapore's Attorney-General's Chambers. The amount and the facts have not been confirmed against the primary source.
Companies with large public contracts must effectively prevent benefits to public officials, politicians and their associates, as authorities in several countries act in parallel.
Benefits to public officials and politically exposed persons
- Authority / court
- Controladoria-Geral da União (CGU) und Advocacia-Geral da União (AGU)
- Area of law
- Bribery and corruption · Bribery of public officials
- Legal basis
- Lei nº 12.846/2013, Art. 5 I, III und IV d, Art. 16; Lei nº 8.666/1993, Art. 88 II und III; Lei nº 8.429/1992
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- final
- Sector
- Manufacturing and mechanical engineering
- Mitigating circumstances
- Commitment by the CGU and AGU to avoid double payments in relation to an agreement with the MPF; obligation to improve the integrity programme.
Original amount 728,933,258.58 BRL, converted at the ECB reference rate of 30 Jul 2025.
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5 May 2025 Minerva S.A.Minerva: BRL 22m fine under leniency agreement over advantages for public officials €3.44m
Minerva S.A. acknowledged, in a leniency agreement with the CGU and the AGU, that it had paid economic advantages to public officials whose action or omission was in the company's interest. The full fine under Art. 6 I Lei 12.846/2013 of BRL 51,376,161.22 was reduced by 57.1% to BRL 22,040,373.16 (indexed to IPCA up to March 2025) and is allegedly payable to the Union. The amount and the facts have not been confirmed against the primary source.
A working compliance programme and early cooperation noticeably reduce the fine, but do not cancel out the effect of management responsibility.
Payments to public officials to influence official action
- Authority / court
- Controladoria-Geral da União (CGU) und Advocacia-Geral da União (AGU)
- Area of law
- Bribery and corruption · Bribery of public officials
- Legal basis
- Lei 12.846/2013, Art. 6 I, Arts. 16 und 17; Lei 8.429/1992, Art. 12; Decreto 11.129/2022
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- final
- Sector
- Food and agriculture
- Mitigating circumstances
- Credit was given for returning the advantage (1%), cooperation (1%), voluntary admission (1.5%) and an applied compliance programme (2.1%).
- Liability of senior managers
- Tolerance or knowledge by management (3%) and the concurrence of several offences (3%) were aggravating factors.
Original amount 22,040,373.16 BRL, converted at the ECB reference rate of 5 May 2025.
- CGU/AGU – Acordo de Leniência com a Minerva S.A. (Processo 00190.102672/2022-82) Decision of an authority
- Acordo de Leniência Minerva – Anexo II: Demonstrativo de cálculo e valor da multa Decision of an authority
- Acordo de Leniência Minerva – Anexo III: Demonstrativo do valor, imputação e instrução para pagamento Decision of an authority
- CGU – Acordos de leniência celebrados (Liste) Official register or notice
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28 Mar 2025 Trafigura Beheer B.V.Trafigura Beheer: leniency agreement with CGU and AGU for BRL 435.4m €69.9m
Trafigura Beheer B.V. entered into a leniency agreement with the Controladoria-Geral da União (CGU, Office of the Comptroller General) and the Advocacia-Geral da União (AGU, Office of the Attorney General) in which it admitted paying undue advantages to public officials and using front persons to conceal its interests. It allegedly pays BRL 435,410,672.26: BRL 153,710,689.11 within ten days (the conversion of USD 26,829,346; under its agreement with the US Department of Justice on a fine of USD 80,488,040, this part of the US fine may be offset by the payment to the Brazilian authorities) and BRL 281,699,983.15 (the conversion of USD 49,169,165.53) as the remaining balance. The amount and the facts have not been confirmed against the primary source.
In corruption cases involving several countries, double payments can be avoided through coordinated agreements with all the authorities involved.
Payments to public officials and use of intermediaries
- Authority / court
- Controladoria-Geral da União (CGU) und Advocacia-Geral da União (AGU)
- Area of law
- Bribery and corruption · Bribery of public officials
- Legal basis
- Lei nº 12.846/2013, Art. 5 I und III, Art. 16; Lei nº 8.429/1992; Decreto nº 11.129/2022
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- final
- Sector
- Energy and utilities
- Mitigating circumstances
- Coordination with the US proceedings so that part of the Brazilian payment can be credited against the US fine; obligation to improve the integrity programme under CGU monitoring for 36 months.
Original amount 435,410,672.26 BRL, converted at the ECB reference rate of 28 Mar 2025.
- Acordo de Leniência CGU/AGU – Trafigura Beheer B.V. (Processo 00190.100002/2022-21, SEI 3569333) Decision of an authority
- CGU: Acordos de leniência celebrados (Liste mit Unternehmen und Beträgen) Official register or notice
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17 Mar 2025 Qualicorp Consultoria e Corretora de Seguros S.A.Qualicorp: leniency agreement worth BRL 44.5m over payment to a public official €7.15m
Qualicorp Consultoria e Corretora de Seguros S.A. acknowledged, in a leniency agreement with the CGU and the AGU, that it had paid an economic advantage to a public official whose action or omission was in the company's interest. It allegedly pays BRL 44,485,434.29 as a fine plus disgorgement: BRL 27,803,396.43 as disgorgement of the advantage obtained and a fine of BRL 16,682,037.86 under Lei 12.846/2013 (40% reduction), both indexed to IPCA up to December 2024. The agreement extends to other companies of the Qualicorp group. The amount and the facts have not been confirmed against the primary source.
If management knows of or tolerates payments to officials, the fine rises; without an effective compliance programme there is also no mitigating factor.
Payment to a public official to influence official action
- Authority / court
- Controladoria-Geral da União (CGU) und Advocacia-Geral da União (AGU)
- Area of law
- Bribery and corruption · Bribery of public officials
- Legal basis
- Lei 12.846/2013, Art. 6 I, Arts. 16 und 17, Art. 19 I; Lei 8.429/1992; Decreto 11.129/2022
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- final
- Sector
- Financial services and insurance
- Mitigating circumstances
- Credit was given for returning the advantage (1%), cooperation (1.5%) and voluntary admission (2%); no compliance programme was taken into account. The fine equals the statutory minimum of the advantage obtained, then reduced by 40%.
- Liability of senior managers
- Tolerance or knowledge by senior management was applied as an aggravating factor at the maximum rate of 3%.
Original amount 44,485,434.29 BRL, converted at the ECB reference rate of 17 Mar 2025.
- CGU/AGU – Acordo de Leniência com a Qualicorp Consultoria e Corretora de Seguros S.A. (Processo 00190.101239/2021-49) Decision of an authority
- Acordo de Leniência Qualicorp – Anexo III: Demonstrativo de cálculo e valor da multa Decision of an authority
- Acordo de Leniência Qualicorp – Anexo IV: Demonstrativo do valor, imputação e instrução para pagamento Decision of an authority
- CGU – Acordos de leniência celebrados (Liste) Official register or notice
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23 Jan 2025 Associação da Irmandade da Santa Casa de Misericórdia de PacaembuSanta Casa de Pacaembu: BRL 47.4m for fraud in hospital management contracts €7.65m
The Controladoria-Geral da União (CGU, Office of the Comptroller General) imposed on the Associação da Irmandade da Santa Casa de Misericórdia de Pacaembu, an association operating as a healthcare social organisation (Organização Social), a fine of BRL 47,391,386.87, extraordinary publication of the decision and a declaration of unsuitability for public contracts. According to the final report, the association rigged the selection procedure for managing the Hangar field hospital in Belém (Pará), committed fraud in performing the management contract for a regional hospital in Belém and used front persons and companies to conceal its real interests.
Associations that run hospitals on behalf of the state are also liable under the Anti-Corruption Law, and their leaders can be held personally liable.
Integrity in selection procedures and management contracts in healthcare
- Authority / court
- Controladoria-Geral da União (CGU)
- Area of law
- Bribery and corruption
- Legal basis
- Lei nº 12.846/2013, Art. 5 III und IV b und d, Art. 6, Art. 14; Lei nº 8.666/1993, Art. 87 IV und Art. 88 II und III
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- final
- Sector
- Healthcare
- Liability of senior managers
- Measures against individuals are not set out here.
- Published
- 28 Jan 2025
Original amount 47,391,386.87 BRL, converted at the ECB reference rate of 23 Jan 2025.
- DOU Seção 1 Nr. 19 vom 28.01.2025 (Faksimile, CGU Base de Conhecimento): Decisão nº 41 de 23.1.2025, PAR 00190.106781/2022-79 Decision of an authority
- DOU: CGU Decisão nº 58 de 2.3.2026 (Reconsiderações abgelehnt, Wirkungen der Decisão nº 41 bestätigt) Decision of an authority
- CGU: Relatório Final, PAR 00190.106781/2022-79 (Santa Casa de Pacaembu) Decision of an authority
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14 Nov 2024 Freepoint Commodities LLCFreepoint Commodities: leniency agreement worth BRL 131.25m over bribery €17.8m
The US company Freepoint Commodities LLC admitted, in a leniency agreement with the CGU and the AGU, to having paid undue advantages to public officials through intermediaries (Art. 5 I and III Lei 12.846/2013) and allegedly pays BRL 108,710,739.68 as a fine plus disgorgement. According to Annex III, BRL 60,919,037.14 is the fine payable to the Union (after a 67% reduction) and BRL 47,791,702.54 is disgorgement. Damages to Petrobras of BRL 22,542,907.62 are set out only in the text. The agreement also stated a total of BRL 131,253,647.32 (USD 22,744,839.85); the two centavos by which that total exceeds the fine, the disgorgement and the damages are not smoothed. If the company resumes business in Brazil within five years, it must adapt its compliance programme to Brazilian law and report to the CGU. The amount and the facts have not been confirmed against the primary source.
Companies that win business through intermediaries must control their payments to officials – otherwise the company itself is liable.
Bribery of public officials through intermediaries
- Authority / court
- Controladoria-Geral da União (CGU) und Advocacia-Geral da União (AGU)
- Area of law
- Bribery and corruption · Bribery of public officials
- Legal basis
- Lei 12.846/2013, Art. 5 I und III, Art. 6 I, Arts. 16, 17 und 19 I; Lei 8.429/1992; Decreto 11.129/2022
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- final
- Sector
- Energy and utilities
- Mitigating circumstances
- Credit was given for remediation of damage (1%), cooperation (1.5%) and voluntary admission (2%); no reduction was granted for a compliance programme.
- Liability of senior managers
- Tolerance or knowledge by management was applied as an aggravating factor at 2.5%.
Original amount 108,710,739.68 BRL, converted at the ECB reference rate of 14 Nov 2024.
- CGU/AGU – Acordo de Leniência com a Freepoint Commodities LLC (Processo 00190.104910/2023-75) Decision of an authority
- Acordo de Leniência Freepoint – Anexo II: Demonstrativo de cálculo e valor da multa Decision of an authority
- Acordo de Leniência Freepoint – Anexo III: Demonstrativo do valor da dívida, destinação e pagamento Decision of an authority
- CGU – Acordos de leniência celebrados (Liste) Official register or notice
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18 Jun 2024 a Brazilian retailer, its holding company and two cultural project sponsorsRetailer and others: BRL 8.14m CGU fines over misused Rouanet cultural funding €1.4m
The CGU imposed fines totalling BRL 8,143,459.20 on a Brazilian retailer (BRL 4,386,459.20) and the group's jointly liable holding company (BRL 930,000.00) because, through an intermediary company, they had appropriated public funds stemming from tax relief (Art. 5 III Lei 12.846/2013), and on two project sponsors (BRL 1,297,000.00, Art. 5 II Lei 12.846/2013, and BRL 1,530,000.00 respectively); all four also breached the Lei Rouanet (Lei 8.313/1991, cultural incentive law), and three of them must additionally publish the decision by way of extraordinary publication. According to the final report, funded cultural projects (Pronacs) were diverted to produce books as marketing material for the retailer; a natural person was additionally fined BRL 500,000.00. On 30 September 2025 the CGU credited payments made by the retailer under a civil non-prosecution agreement (BRL 3,071,819.19 remaining) and rejected the requests of the holding company and the first project sponsor.
Sponsorship backed by state tax incentives must not include benefits for the sponsor's own marketing – otherwise both sponsor and project sponsor face fines.
Benefits in return for tax-incentivised cultural sponsorship
- Authority / court
- Controladoria-Geral da União (CGU)
- Area of law
- Bribery and corruption
- Legal basis
- Lei 12.846/2013, Art. 5 II und III, Art. 6 I und II; Lei 8.313/1991 (Lei Rouanet), Art. 2 §§ 1 und 2, Art. 23 § 1, Art. 38; Decreto 11.129/2022
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- final
- Sector
- Retail and e-commerce
- Mitigating circumstances
- Payments made by the retailer under a civil non-prosecution agreement (ANPC) on the same facts were credited against its fine.
- Published
- 21 Jun 2024
Original amount 8,143,459.2 BRL, converted at the ECB reference rate of 18 Jun 2024.
- Controladoria-Geral da União (CGU), Veröffentlichung der Behörde (Entscheidung 2024) Decision of an authority
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13 Jun 2024 three Norwegian shipping companiesThree Norwegian shipping companies: leniency agreement worth BRL 153.2m €26.3m
Three Norwegian shipping companies acknowledged, in a leniency agreement with the CGU and the AGU, that a commission they paid was partly used by third parties to fund bribes to a public official and gave them financial advantages in performing contracts with the public administration. Together they pay BRL 153,184,045.95: BRL 16,055,700.00 in damages and BRL 124,662,133.17 as return of the undue advantage to the injured subsidiary of a state-controlled group, plus a fine of BRL 12,466,212.78 under Lei 8.429/1992 payable to the Union.
Commissions to intermediaries are a classic channel for bribes; if the company benefits, it is liable for how they are used.
Commissions to intermediaries as a channel for bribes
- Authority / court
- Controladoria-Geral da União (CGU) und Advocacia-Geral da União (AGU)
- Area of law
- Bribery and corruption · Bribery of public officials
- Legal basis
- Lei 8.666/1993, Art. 88 II und III; Lei 8.429/1992, Art. 9 i. V. m. Art. 3; Lei 12.846/2013, Arts. 16 und 17; Decreto 11.129/2022
- Action
- Disgorgement of profits
- Status of proceedings
- final
- Sector
- Transport, logistics and shipping
Original amount 153,184,045.95 BRL, converted at the ECB reference rate of 13 Jun 2024.
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9 Jan 2024 a Brazilian healthcare services companyHealthcare services company: BRL 21.7m and debarment over medicine contracts €4.06m
The Controladoria-Geral da União (CGU, Office of the Comptroller General) imposed on a healthcare services company a fine of BRL 21,697,740.49, extraordinary publication of the decision and a declaration of unsuitability for public contracts. According to the final report, in Ministry of Health tenders for medicines for rare diseases (Aldurazyme, Myozyme, Fabrazyme) the company had submitted bids without being authorised to market these products, failed to deliver the agreed quantities on time and appropriated advance payments to the detriment of the Treasury. The CGU rejected its request for reconsideration on 15 June 2025.
In public tenders, companies may only offer what they are legally and practically able to deliver.
Bidding and contract performance in public procurement
- Authority / court
- Controladoria-Geral da União (CGU)
- Area of law
- Bribery and corruption
- Legal basis
- Lei nº 12.846/2013, Art. 5 IV b und d, Art. 6; Lei nº 8.666/1993, Art. 87 IV und Art. 88 II und III
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- final
- Sector
- Healthcare
- Published
- 12 Jan 2024
Original amount 21,697,740.49 BRL, converted at the ECB reference rate of 9 Jan 2024.
- Controladoria-Geral da União (CGU), Veröffentlichung der Behörde (Entscheidung 2024) Decision of an authority
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9 Jan 2024 a Brazilian pharmaceutical distributorBrazilian pharmaceutical distributor: CGU fine over false documents in vaccine contract €483,622
The Controladoria-Geral da União (CGU, Office of the Comptroller General) imposed on a pharmaceutical distributor, which now trades under a different name, a fine of BRL 3,879,251.35, extraordinary publication of the decision and a declaration of unsuitability for public contracts (declaração de inidoneidade). According to the final report, in the Ministry of Health's planned purchase of 20 million doses of a Covid-19 vaccine the company submitted a document that the vaccine manufacturer later described as false, as well as pro forma invoices that did not match the contract terms. On a request for reconsideration (pedido de reconsideração) the CGU reduced the fine to BRL 2,586,167.56 on 5 May 2025 and shortened the posting period for the publication from 75 to 60 days; the declaration of unsuitability remained in place.
Anyone contracting with the state as the representative of a foreign manufacturer must check powers of attorney and invoices carefully; false documents lead to fines and debarment.
Authenticity of proof of representation and invoices in public contracts
- Authority / court
- Controladoria-Geral da União (CGU)
- Area of law
- Bribery and corruption
- Legal basis
- Lei nº 12.846/2013, Art. 5 IV b und d, Art. 6; Lei nº 8.666/1993, Art. 87 IV und Art. 88 III
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- reduced
- Sector
- Chemicals and pharmaceuticals
- Mitigating circumstances
- Following the request for reconsideration, the CGU reduced the fine from BRL 3,879,251.35 to BRL 2,586,167.56.
- Published
- 15 Jan 2024
Original amount 2,586,167.56 BRL, converted at the ECB reference rate of 9 Jan 2024.
- Controladoria-Geral da União (CGU), Veröffentlichung der Behörde (Entscheidung 2024) Decision of an authority
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4 Dec 2023 a Brazilian IT companyIT company: BRL 27.2m leniency agreement over bribery and irregular bookkeeping €5.11m
A Brazilian IT company acknowledged to the CGU and the AGU that it had booked funds irregularly in order to pay undue advantages to public officials or politicians and had thereby obtained advantages in contracts with the public administration (Art. 5 I–IV Lei 12.846/2013). The total debt of BRL 27,178,868.56 comprises compensation to an injured company (BRL 4,875,501.13) and to the health fund of the State of Santa Catarina (BRL 17,587,259.86) plus an anti-corruption fine of BRL 4,716,107.57. Because earlier agreements with the Federal Public Prosecutor's Office and the state comptroller CGE/SC are credited, only the fine payable to the Union remains outstanding.
Irregular bookkeeping used to fund bribes creates liability in itself – clean accounting is corruption prevention.
Concealed bookkeeping to fund bribes
- Authority / court
- Controladoria-Geral da União (CGU) und Advocacia-Geral da União (AGU)
- Area of law
- Bribery and corruption · Bribery of public officials
- Legal basis
- Lei 12.846/2013, Art. 5 I–IV, Arts. 16 und 17; Lei 8.429/1992; Decreto 11.129/2022
- Action
- Disgorgement of profits
- Status of proceedings
- final
- Sector
- Telecoms, IT and software
- Mitigating circumstances
- Credit was given for restitution or compensation (1%), cooperation (1.5%), voluntary admission (2%) and an applied compliance programme (2.4%).
- Liability of senior managers
- Tolerance by senior management was applied as an aggravating factor at 3%.
Original amount 27,178,868.56 BRL, converted at the ECB reference rate of 4 Dec 2023.
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9 Feb 2023 a Brazilian carmakerBrazilian carmaker: BRL 22.4m over misused cultural sponsorship funding €3.99m
The Controladoria-Geral da União (CGU, Office of the Comptroller General) set a fine of BRL 22,423,482.15 against a carmaker in an early resolution procedure (julgamento antecipado) under the cultural incentive law (Lei nº 8.313/1991) and the Anti-Corruption Law. The carmaker had sponsored with BRL 1,000,000 a concert project funded through the National Culture Support Programme (Pronac), which was turned, without the consent of the Ministry of Culture, into a corporate party for the company's 60th anniversary that was not open to the public; according to the final report, false information was given in the project accounts. A separate decision issued the same day fined the project's proponent BRL 2,940,317.28.
Sponsorship backed by state tax incentives must serve exactly the approved project purpose; redirecting it to the company's own corporate events can be sanctioned as an offence by the sponsor itself.
Sponsorship and publicly funded cultural projects
- Authority / court
- Controladoria-Geral da União (CGU)
- Area of law
- Bribery and corruption
- Legal basis
- Lei nº 8.313/1991, Art. 38; Lei nº 12.846/2013, Art. 5 II und Art. 6; Portaria Normativa CGU nº 19/2022
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- final
- Sector
- Automotive
- Employees
- 10,000 or more
- Mitigating circumstances
- The CGU took into account the company's cooperation and commitments and decided in the early resolution procedure under Portaria Normativa CGU nº 19/2022 (CGU regulatory ordinance).
- Published
- 10 Feb 2023
Original amount 22,423,482.15 BRL, converted at the ECB reference rate of 9 Feb 2023.
- Controladoria-Geral da União (CGU), Veröffentlichung der Behörde (Entscheidung 2023) Decision of an authority
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28 Dec 2022 a Brazilian food groupFood group: leniency agreement worth BRL 584m over payments to public officials €104.1m
A Brazilian food group undertook, in a leniency agreement with the CGU (Office of the Comptroller General) and the AGU (Office of the Attorney General), to pay BRL 583,977,360.48 in five annual instalments from 2023 because, according to the confidential Annex I, it had paid undue advantages to public officials or third parties connected to them. The amount comprises disgorgement of unlawful advantages (BRL 314,875,384.01), a fine under Lei 8.429/1992 (BRL 9,173,587.96) and a fine under the Anti-Corruption Act Lei 12.846/2013 (BRL 259,928,388.50); without the agreed reductions it would have been BRL 1,170,184,567.12. According to the agreement, the conduct did not concern federal procurement and no damage to the public purse had been established by the time of signing.
Even without any link to public contracts, payments to public officials can trigger disgorgement and fines running into hundreds of millions.
Payments to public officials outside public procurement
- Authority / court
- Controladoria-Geral da União (CGU) und Advocacia-Geral da União (AGU)
- Area of law
- Bribery and corruption · Bribery of public officials
- Legal basis
- Lei 12.846/2013, Arts. 16 und 17; Lei 8.429/1992; Decreto 11.129/2022, Art. 33; Instrução Normativa CGU/AGU 2/2018
- Action
- Disgorgement of profits
- Status of proceedings
- final
- Sector
- Food and agriculture
- Employees
- 10,000 or more
- Mitigating circumstances
- Cooperation (1%), spontaneous disclosure before proceedings (1%) and an applied compliance programme (2.21%) were credited; the anti-corruption fine was reduced by 63.33% and the disgorgement by 30%.
- Liability of senior managers
- Tolerance or knowledge by senior management was applied as an aggravating factor at 2.25%.
Original amount 583,977,360.48 BRL, converted at the ECB reference rate of 28 Dec 2022.
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