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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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per year, by date of decision| Period | Cases | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 2 | €518,909 |
| 2025 | 2 | €14,584 |
| 2026 | 0 | – |
4 cases
24 Sep 2025 Giant Manufacturing Co. Ltd.CBP detains bicycles from Giant Manufacturing over forced labour Order
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) issued a Withhold Release Order: bicycles, bicycle parts and accessories from Giant Manufacturing Co. Ltd. (Taiwan) are being detained at all US ports of entry because there are indications of forced labour (ILO indicators including debt bondage, withholding of wages, excessive overtime and abusive working and living conditions). Detained shipments can be destroyed, re-exported or released upon proof of admissibility.
Recruitment fees for migrant workers are a core risk – suppliers should demonstrably bear them themselves.
- Authority / court
- U.S. Customs and Border Protection
- Area of law
- Supply chain and human rights · Forced and child labour
- Legal basis
- 19 U.S.C. § 1307 (Tariff Act of 1930, Section 307)
- Action
- Order
- Status of proceedings
- unknown
- Sector
- Manufacturing and mechanical engineering
- Published
- 24 Sep 2025
- CBP issues Withhold Release Order on Giant Manufacturing Co. Ltd. Press release of an authority
Checked against the official source on 25 Sep 2026 · Direct link
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10 Sep 2025 Beautiful City (Pty) LtdHuman trafficking and child labour: fine for Beautiful City factory €14,584
On 10 September 2025 the High Court in Johannesburg fined Beautiful City (Pty) Ltd, a factory making cotton fibre products in Village Deep (Johannesburg), 300,000 ZAR. A joint inspection by the Department of Employment and Labour (labour ministry), the police and the Department of Home Affairs (home affairs ministry) in November 2019 had found mainly foreign workers without residence rights, including minors, on locked premises; the court noted, among other things, wages below the national minimum wage, failure to register with the Compensation Fund and the UIF, and an unsafe workplace.
Forced labour, child labour and human trafficking in manufacturing
- Authority / court
- High Court Johannesburg (Gauteng) (Ermittlungen u. a. Department of Employment and Labour)
- Area of law
- Supply chain and human rights · Forced and child labour
- Legal basis
- Straftatbestände Menschenhandel, Beihilfe zum Menschenhandel, Schuldknechtschaft und Nutznießung aus Menschenhandel; Verstöße gegen Vorschriften zu Unemployment Insurance Fund, Compensation for Occupational Injuries and Diseases Act, National Minimum Wage und Occupational Health and Safety; Beihilfe zum illegalen Aufenthalt (laut Department of Employment and Labour, ohne Paragrafenangaben)
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- unknown
- Sector
- Manufacturing and mechanical engineering
- Liability of senior managers
- Measures against individuals are not set out here.
- Published
- 10 Sep 2025
Original amount 300,000 ZAR, converted at the ECB reference rate of 10 Sep 2025.
- Department of Employment and Labour, media statement of 10 September 2025 Press release of an authority
- Department of Employment and Labour: Seven Chinese nationals plus their company charged with human trafficking and child labour found guilty (25.02.2025) Press release of an authority
Checked against the official source on 4 Oct 2026 · Direct link
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26 Nov 2024 Niederländische Jachtwerft (anonymisiert)OM: €150,000 against Dutch yacht builder over Myanmar teak (EUTR) €150,000
The Openbaar Ministerie (OM, Dutch Public Prosecution Service) settled proceedings against a Dutch yacht builder, not named in the release, with a penalty order of 150,000 EUR because in 2022 it sourced furniture and finishing wood made of Myanmar teak from a Turkish woodworking company and, as the first to place it on the EU market, did not meet the due diligence obligations of the EU Timber Regulation (EUTR); the legal origin of the wood could no longer be established. The yard was not at fault regarding the deck timber of the superyacht, because a German trader had placed that on the market; the information was passed to the German authorities. The OM took into account that the yard admitted the breach and no longer uses Myanmar teak.
Anyone importing timber products directly from non-EU countries becomes an operator with due diligence obligations and must be able to prove legal origin before buying.
Due diligence when importing timber products from non-EU countries
- Authority / court
- Openbaar Ministerie (OM), Functioneel Parket
- Area of law
- Supply chain and human rights · Supply chain due diligence
- Legal basis
- Europäische Holzhandelsverordnung (EUTR), Sorgfaltspflichten des Marktteilnehmers; Strafbefehl des OM
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- unknown
- Sector
- Manufacturing and mechanical engineering
- Mitigating circumstances
- Admission of the breach; complete abandonment of Myanmar teak.
- Published
- 26 Nov 2024
- OM: OM treft schikking met Nederlandse jachtbouwer voor gebruik van fout hout Press release of an authority
Checked against the official source on 2 Oct 2026 · Direct link
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22 Nov 2024 Sunseeker International LimitedSunseeker: 240,000 GBP fine and confiscation over Myanmar teak without due diligence €368,909
Between April 2021 and July 2022, the yacht builder imported eleven consignments of timber from the EU, including teak from Myanmar, without being able to demonstrate that the risk of illegal logging was negligible; its due diligence system was not maintained and documents were missing. Following a guilty plea, the Bournemouth Crown Court imposed a fine of 240,000 GBP and a confiscation of 66,950.64 GBP (plus costs of 51,619.96 GBP).
For timber from high-risk countries such as Myanmar, the risk can practically never be reduced to a negligible level – purchasing and design should switch to alternatives.
Due diligence for high-risk timber (Myanmar teak)
- Authority / court
- Bournemouth Crown Court (Anklage: Office for Product Safety and Standards (OPSS), Department for Business and Trade)
- Area of law
- Supply chain and human rights · Supply chain due diligence
- Legal basis
- Timber and Timber Products (Placing on the Market) Regulations 2013, Regulations 4(b), 4(c), 4(d)/4(e); Proceeds of Crime Act 2002
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- final
- Sector
- Manufacturing and mechanical engineering
Original amount 306,950.64 GBP, converted at the ECB reference rate of 22 Nov 2024.
- OPSS enforcement actions 1 October 2024 to 31 March 2025 Enforcement database of an authority
Checked against the official source on 28 Sep 2026 · Version 2 · Direct link