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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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- Construction and real estate €39.7m 39 % · 2 cases
- Steel and metals €25.8m 25 % · 1 case
- Other €18.4m 18 % · 2 cases
- Telecoms, IT and software €16.6m 16 % · 2 cases
- Healthcare €1.77m 2 % · 1 case
- Manufacturing and mechanical engineering €558,024 1 % · 1 case
- Energy and utilities — 0 % · 1 case
- Financial services and insurance — 0 % · 1 case
- Public sector — 0 % · 1 case
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| Q4 2023 | 0 | — |
| Q1 2024 | 0 | — |
| Q2 2024 | 0 | — |
| Q3 2024 | 0 | — |
| Q4 2024 | 1 | — |
| Q1 2025 | 1 | €558,024 |
| Q2 2025 | 1 | €16.1m |
| Q3 2025 | 3 | €18.4m |
| Q4 2025 | 0 | — |
| Q1 2026 | 5 | €67.8m |
| Q2 2026 | 0 | — |
| Q3 2026 | 1 | — |
12 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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19 Mar 2026 Colas Rail Asia Sdn Bhd (Colas-Gruppe)Colas Rail Asia: CJIP of 29.7 million EUR over bribery in metro contracts in Malaysia €29.7m
The Malaysian subsidiary of Colas Rail paid large, undocumented sums via intermediaries in connection with public contracts for urban rail lines in Kuala Lumpur (Kelana Jaya extension, MRT2). Following an internal investigation, Colas Rail self-reported the matter in 2017; the CJIP (Convention judiciaire d'intérêt public, a French deferred prosecution agreement) provides for a public interest fine of 29,745,974 EUR and a three-year compliance programme monitored by the French Anti-Corruption Agency (AFA) (costs of up to 1.9 million EUR).
Undocumented payments to intermediaries on foreign projects must be stopped early by the finance and compliance functions – self-reporting after an internal investigation is rewarded.
Intermediaries and consultants in public tenders
- Authority / court
- Parquet national financier (PNF); Validierung durch den Präsidenten des Tribunal judiciaire de Paris
- Area of law
- Bribery and corruption · Bribery of public officials
- Legal basis
- Art. 41-1-2 Code de procédure pénale (CJIP); Bestechung ausländischer Amtsträger
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- final
- Sector
- Construction and real estate
- Employees
- 10,000 or more
- Culpability
- intentional
- Mitigating circumstances
- Self-report (criminal complaint filed by Colas Rail on 31 May 2017) following an internal forensic investigation.
- Liability of senior managers
- The CJIP does not address the criminal liability of natural persons.
- Published
- 19 Mar 2026
- Communiqué de presse du procureur de la République financier – CJIP COLAS RAIL ASIA Press release of an authority
- Convention judiciaire d'intérêt public – COLAS RAIL ASIA (17.03.2026) Decision of an authority
- Ministère de la Justice: Conventions judiciaires d'intérêt public (Verzeichnis) Official register or notice
Checked against the official source on 25 Sep 2026 · Direct link
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19 Mar 2026 Balt USA LLC (Balt-Gruppe)Balt USA: CJIP in France over payments to a hospital physician €1.77m
In parallel with the US declination, the PNF concluded a CJIP with the US subsidiary of the French medical technology manufacturer for 1,765,493 EUR (after crediting the US disgorgement) and a three-year AFA compliance programme. The case arose from Balt SAS's voluntary self-disclosure of 22 May 2023 concerning offences committed by a former manager of the acquired company Blockade Medical.
Acquisitions require anti-corruption due diligence on the target company – otherwise legacy misconduct by its management becomes a group risk.
Benefits to hospital physicians, integration of acquired companies
- Authority / court
- Parquet national financier (PNF); Validierung durch den Präsidenten des Tribunal judiciaire de Paris
- Area of law
- Bribery and corruption · Bribery of public officials
- Legal basis
- Art. 41-1-2 Code de procédure pénale (CJIP); aktive und passive Bestechung von Amtsträgern
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- final
- Sector
- Healthcare
- Employees
- 250 to 999
- Culpability
- intentional
- Mitigating circumstances
- Voluntary self-disclosure to the PNF and the DOJ; coordinated resolution with crediting.
- Liability of senior managers
- The CJIP does not address the criminal liability of natural persons.
- Published
- 19 Mar 2026
- Communiqué de presse du procureur de la République financier – CJIP BALT USA Press release of an authority
- Ministère de la Justice – Conventions judiciaires d'intérêt public (Liste) Official register or notice
- CJIP Société BALT USA LLC (17.03.2026) Decision of an authority
Checked against the official source on 25 Sep 2026 · Direct link
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6 Mar 2026 Fleurette Properties LtdCommodities holding Fleurette: 25.8 million EUR strafbeschikking over bribery in Congo €25.8m
According to the Dutch Public Prosecution Service (OM), the top holding company of a mining, oil and gold group, which was based in the Netherlands from 2010 to 2017, participated together with others in bribing public officials of the DR Congo in order to obtain licences for cobalt and copper mines. On 6 March 2026, the OM issued a strafbeschikking (prosecutorial penalty order) imposing a fine of 25.8 million EUR, which Fleurette accepted.
In the commodities sector, licences and concessions are the main target for bribery – holding companies share liability for payments made by their subsidiaries.
Award of licences in the commodities sector, payments to public officials
- Authority / court
- Openbaar Ministerie (OM); Ermittlungen FIOD Anti-Corruptie Centrum
- Area of law
- Bribery and corruption · Bribery of public officials
- Legal basis
- Buitenlandse ambtelijke omkoping (Wetboek van Strafrecht); OM-strafbeschikking
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- final
- Sector
- Steel and metals
- Culpability
- intentional
- Published
- 10 Mar 2026
- Geldboete Fleurette Properties Ltd wegens omkoping in Congo Press release of an authority
Checked against the official source on 25 Sep 2026 · Direct link
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18 Feb 2026 Périphériques et Matériels de Contrôle SAS (Groupe Carrus)Betting terminal manufacturer PMC: CJIP over payments to the head of state-owned PMU Mali €499,150
From 2008 to 2011, the Paris-based supplier of betting and gaming terminals made unjustified payments of 78,972 EUR to the head of the majority state-owned Pari Mutuel Urbain Mali, with which it had a supply contract awarded without a tender. The case was triggered by a report from TRACFIN (the French financial intelligence unit). Public interest fine of 499,150 EUR (including 335,000 EUR already seized) and a three-year AFA compliance programme.
Managers of state-controlled companies are also public officials – even small private payments to them create a risk of criminal liability for medium-sized companies.
Payments to heads of state-owned companies abroad
- Authority / court
- Parquet national financier (PNF); Validierung durch den Präsidenten des Tribunal judiciaire de Paris
- Area of law
- Bribery and corruption · Bribery of public officials
- Legal basis
- Art. 41-1-2 Code de procédure pénale (CJIP); Bestechung ausländischer Amtsträger und Geldwäsche
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- final
- Sector
- Telecoms, IT and software
- Employees
- 50 to 249
- Culpability
- intentional
- Liability of senior managers
- The CJIP does not address the criminal liability of natural persons.
- Published
- 18 Feb 2026
- Communiqué de presse du procureur de la République financier – CJIP PMC Press release of an authority
- Convention judiciaire d'intérêt public – Périphériques et Matériels de Contrôle SAS Decision of an authority
- Ministère de la Justice: Conventions judiciaires d'intérêt public (Verzeichnis) Official register or notice
Checked against the official source on 25 Sep 2026 · Direct link
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10 Feb 2026 Strukton Civiel Projecten B.V. und Strukton International B.V. (Strukton-Gruppe)Construction group Strukton pays 10 million EUR out-of-court settlement over bribery on the Riyadh Metro €10m
To secure a share in the Riyadh Metro project, around 31 million USD was paid between 2013 and 2021 to an agent representing a high-ranking member of the Saudi royal family; the agent payments were understated to the export credit insurer Atradius. Strukton accepted a transaction (out-of-court settlement) of 10 million EUR.
Commissions to agents with ties to ruling families carry the highest risk – and false statements to export credit insurers constitute a second offence.
Agent commissions and false statements to export credit insurers
- Authority / court
- Openbaar Ministerie (OM)
- Area of law
- Bribery and corruption · Bribery of public officials
- Legal basis
- Buitenlandse ambtelijke omkoping und valsheid in geschrift (Wetboek van Strafrecht); Transactie nach Art. 74 Sr
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- final
- Sector
- Construction and real estate
- Culpability
- intentional
- Mitigating circumstances
- Cooperation from mid-2023; compliance programme in place since 2017; the employees involved are no longer with the company.
- Liability of senior managers
- The Dutch Public Prosecution Service (OM) is considering prosecuting several natural persons involved (not named).
- Published
- 30 Mar 2026
- Strukton betaalt hoge transactie van 10 miljoen euro na corruptieonderzoek Press release of an authority
- OM Functioneel Parket: Transactieovereenkomst Calisto (10.02.2026) Decision of an authority
- College van procureurs-generaal: Beslissing hoge transactie onderzoek Calisto (09.02.2026) Decision of an authority
Checked against the official source on 25 Sep 2026 · Direct link
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3 Sep 2025 SURYS SAS (Gruppe Imprimerie Nationale)Hologram manufacturer SURYS: CJIP of 18.4 million EUR in the Ukrainian passport case €18.4m
From 2013, SURYS supplied security holograms for Ukrainian passports to the state-owned company Polygraph via an interposed Estonian company; the investigation (following a request for mutual legal assistance from Ukraine's National Anti-Corruption Bureau, NABU) concerned misappropriation of public funds, bribery of foreign public officials and money laundering. Public interest fine of 18,363,007 EUR, plus 3,770,000 EUR in damages to the Ukrainian state and a three-year AFA compliance programme.
If a state customer insists on an interposed trader without any discernible added value, treat this as a red flag for misappropriation and bribery.
Interposed trading companies and sales agents
- Authority / court
- Parquet national financier (PNF); Validierung durch den Präsidenten des Tribunal judiciaire de Paris
- Area of law
- Bribery and corruption · Bribery of public officials
- Legal basis
- Art. 41-1-2 Code de procédure pénale (CJIP); Bestechung ausländischer Amtsträger, Geldwäsche
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- final
- Sector
- Other
- Employees
- 250 to 999
- Culpability
- intentional
- Liability of senior managers
- The CJIP does not address the criminal liability of natural persons.
- Published
- 3 Sep 2025
- Communiqué de presse du procureur de la République financier – CJIP SURYS Press release of an authority
- Convention judiciaire d'intérêt public – SURYS (08.07.2025) Decision of an authority
- Ministère de la Justice: Conventions judiciaires d'intérêt public (Verzeichnis) Official register or notice
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
Checked against the official source on 25 Sep 2026 · Direct link
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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
Checked against the official source on 25 Sep 2026 · Direct link
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19 Jun 2025 Exclusive Networks Corporate SASIT distributor Exclusive Networks: CJIP of 16 million EUR following a whistleblower report €16.1m
In 2021, a whistleblower reported payments by subsidiaries in Indonesia, Malaysia, Vietnam, Thailand and India to contractual partners; the investigation concerned private-sector bribery and bribery of foreign public officials. The CJIP provides for a public interest fine of 16,074,511 EUR (including 1 million EUR already seized) and a three-year AFA compliance programme.
A functioning whistleblowing system uncovers foreign risks – companies should investigate reports themselves before the authorities do.
Payments to sales partners in Asia, whistleblowing systems
- Authority / court
- Parquet national financier (PNF); Validierung durch das Tribunal judiciaire de Paris
- Area of law
- Bribery and corruption · Commercial bribery
- Legal basis
- Art. 41-1-2 Code de procédure pénale (CJIP); Bestechung im privaten Sektor und ausländischer Amtsträger
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- final
- Sector
- Telecoms, IT and software
- Employees
- 1,000 to 9,999
- Culpability
- intentional
- Liability of senior managers
- The CJIP does not address the criminal liability of natural persons.
- Published
- 19 Jun 2025
- Communiqué de presse du procureur de la République financier – CJIP Exclusive Networks Corporate Press release of an authority
- CJIP société Exclusive Networks Corporate (16.06.2025) Decision of an authority
Checked against the official source on 25 Sep 2026 · Direct link
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11 Feb 2025 KLUBB France SASVehicle body builder KLUBB France: CJIP over an ambulance contract in Algeria €558,024
Following a referral from the public prosecutor's office in Rennes, the PNF investigated bribery of foreign public officials in the performance of a contract for the supply of ambulances to Algeria. KLUBB France is paying a public interest fine of 558,024 EUR and is undergoing a three-year AFA compliance programme.
Medium-sized exporters are also in the spotlight: companies supplying foreign authorities need a robust anti-corruption programme under Sapin II (the French anti-corruption law).
Export contracts with state bodies
- Authority / court
- Parquet national financier (PNF); Validierung durch den Präsidenten des Tribunal judiciaire de Paris
- Area of law
- Bribery and corruption · Bribery of public officials
- Legal basis
- Art. 41-1-2 Code de procédure pénale (CJIP); Bestechung ausländischer Amtsträger
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- final
- Sector
- Manufacturing and mechanical engineering
- Employees
- 50 to 249
- Culpability
- intentional
- Liability of senior managers
- The CJIP does not address the criminal liability of natural persons.
- Published
- 11 Feb 2025
- Communiqué de presse du procureur de la République financier – CJIP KLUBB France Press release of an authority
- CJIP KLUBB France SAS (10.02.2025) Decision 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