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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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- Manufacturing and mechanical engineering €533,493 100 % · 4 cases
- Construction and real estate – 0 % · 5 cases
- Food and agriculture – 0 % · 5 cases
- Retail and e-commerce – 0 % · 4 cases
- Other – 0 % · 4 cases
- Steel and metals – 0 % · 4 cases
- Energy and utilities – 0 % · 3 cases
- Automotive – 0 % · 1 case
- Chemicals and pharmaceuticals – 0 % · 1 case
- Telecoms, IT and software – 0 % · 1 case
When?
per year, by date of decision| Period | Cases | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 5 | – |
| 2024 | 9 | €518,909 |
| 2025 | 11 | €14,584 |
| 2026 | 7 | – |
32 cases
3 Aug 2026 Zhengzhou Synear Food Co., Ltd.UFLPA list: frozen food manufacturer Zhengzhou Synear Food added Order
The U.S. Forced Labor Enforcement Task Force (FLETF) added the frozen food manufacturer to the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (UFLPA) Entity List because it works with the Xinjiang government to take in Uyghurs, Kazakhs, Kyrgyz or members of other persecuted groups under state labour transfer programmes. The company's goods are therefore presumed to have been produced with forced labour on import into the US unless the importer rebuts this.
Food importers should also check suppliers outside Xinjiang for involvement in state labour transfer programmes.
- Authority / court
- U.S. Department of Homeland Security (Forced Labor Enforcement Task Force)
- Area of law
- Supply chain and human rights · Forced and child labour
- Legal basis
- Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act, Section 2(d)(2)(B)(ii)
- Action
- Order
- Status of proceedings
- unknown
- Sector
- Food and agriculture
- Published
- 3 Aug 2026
- Federal Register: Notice Regarding the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act Entity List (03.08.2026) Official register or notice
Checked against the official source on 25 Sep 2026 · Direct link
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3 Aug 2026 Guangxi Kelun Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.UFLPA list: antibiotics manufacturer Guangxi Kelun Pharmaceutical added Order
The U.S. Forced Labor Enforcement Task Force (FLETF) listed the manufacturer of cephalosporin antibiotics because it sources antibiotic intermediates from Yili Chuanning Biotechnology in Xinjiang. The company's goods are therefore presumed to have been produced with forced labour on import into the US unless the importer rebuts this.
Pharmaceutical companies must be able to trace their supply chains back to active ingredient intermediates.
- Authority / court
- U.S. Department of Homeland Security (Forced Labor Enforcement Task Force)
- Area of law
- Supply chain and human rights · Forced and child labour
- Legal basis
- Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act, Section 2(d)(2)(B)(v)
- Action
- Order
- Status of proceedings
- unknown
- Sector
- Chemicals and pharmaceuticals
- Published
- 3 Aug 2026
- Federal Register: Notice Regarding the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act Entity List (03.08.2026) Official register or notice
Checked against the official source on 25 Sep 2026 · Direct link
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3 Aug 2026 Shandong Weiqiao Pioneering Group Co., Ltd.UFLPA list: textile group Shandong Weiqiao Pioneering Group over Xinjiang cotton Order
The U.S. Forced Labor Enforcement Task Force (FLETF) added the cotton and textile producer to the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (UFLPA) Entity List because it sources cotton from Xinjiang. The company's goods are therefore presumed to have been produced with forced labour on import into the US unless the importer rebuts this.
Textile retailers need proof of origin for cotton down to the fibre, for example through isotope or traceability testing.
- Authority / court
- U.S. Department of Homeland Security (Forced Labor Enforcement Task Force)
- Area of law
- Supply chain and human rights · Forced and child labour
- Legal basis
- Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act, Section 2(d)(2)(B)(v)
- Action
- Order
- Status of proceedings
- unknown
- Sector
- Other
- Published
- 3 Aug 2026
- Federal Register: Notice Regarding the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act Entity List (03.08.2026) Official register or notice
Checked against the official source on 25 Sep 2026 · Direct link
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25 Jun 2026 TotalEnergiesParis Judicial Court: TotalEnergies must include Scope 3 emissions in vigilance plan Order
In an action brought by Notre Affaire à Tous, Sherpa, ZEA, France Nature Environnement and the City of Paris, the Paris Judicial Court (Tribunal judiciaire de Paris, 34th chamber) ruled that climate risks fall under the French duty of vigilance law and that Scope 3 emissions are part of the oil and gas group's activities. The vigilance plan without Scope 3 is incomplete, the court held; TotalEnergies must supplement it within six months, with provisional enforceability, and implementation will be reviewed by the court in January 2027.
Risk analyses under due diligence laws must also cover the climate impact of the products sold (Scope 3).
- Authority / court
- Tribunal judiciaire de Paris (34. Kammer)
- Area of law
- Supply chain and human rights · Supply chain due diligence
- Legal basis
- Art. L.225-102-1 und L.225-102-2 Code de commerce (Loi n° 2017-399, devoir de vigilance); Art. 1252 Code civil
- Action
- Order
- Status of proceedings
- unknown
- Sector
- Energy and utilities
- Employees
- 10,000 or more
- Published
- 25 Jun 2026
- Communiqué de presse – Jugement du 25 juin 2026, 34ème chambre Court press release
Checked against the official source on 25 Sep 2026 · Direct link
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23 Jun 2026 Needle Craft Ltd.; Casual Wear Apparel LLCCBP import stop for textiles from Jordan's Needle Craft and Casual Wear Apparel Order
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) issued a Withhold Release Order: clothing from Needle Craft Ltd.; Casual Wear Apparel LLC (Jordan) is being detained at all US ports of entry because there are indications of forced labour (ILO indicators including physical and sexual violence, retention of identity documents, restriction of movement and withholding of wages). These are two parallel orders against both manufacturers.
Fashion brands should supplement social audits at garment makers with confidential worker interviews, because violence and confiscation of identity documents remain invisible in paper-based checks.
- 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
- Other
- Published
- 23 Jun 2026
- CBP issues 2 Withhold Release Orders on Needle Craft and Casual Wear Press release of an authority
Checked against the official source on 25 Sep 2026 · Direct link
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16 Jun 2026 Serbia Zijin Copper D.O.O.CBP import stop for copper from Serbia Zijin Copper over forced labour indicators Order
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) issued a Withhold Release Order: copper and copper products from Serbia Zijin Copper D.O.O. (Serbia) are being detained at all US ports of entry because there are indications of forced labour (ILO indicators including withholding of wages, intimidation, restriction of movement and retention of identity documents).
Production in Europe is no free pass either: raw material and metal supply chains need their own forced labour checks.
- 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
- Steel and metals
- Published
- 16 Jun 2026
- CBP issues Withhold Release Order on Serbia Zijin Copper D.O.O. Press release of an authority
Checked against the official source on 25 Sep 2026 · Direct link
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29 Jan 2026 Finca Monte GrandeCBP stops coffee from Mexican Finca Monte Grande over forced labour Order
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) issued a Withhold Release Order: coffee from Finca Monte Grande (Mexico) is being detained at all US ports of entry because there are indications of forced labour (ILO indicators including debt bondage, withholding of wages, retention of identity documents and excessive overtime).
Importers of agricultural commodities should be able to check working conditions down to plantation level; otherwise they face detention at the border.
- 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
- Food and agriculture
- Published
- 29 Jan 2026
- CBP issues WRO against Finca Monte Grande Press release of an authority
Checked against the official source on 25 Sep 2026 · Direct link
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22 Dec 2025 Renuka Vale do Ivaí S.A. (em recuperação judicial)Renuka Vale do Ivaí: sugar mill placed on the ‘Lista Suja’ over slave-like labour Other
The Ministério do Trabalho e Emprego (MTE, Ministry of Labour and Employment) entered the sugar mill Renuka Vale do Ivaí S.A. (in judicial reorganisation) in the register of employers that have subjected workers to conditions analogous to slavery (Cadastro de Empregadores, the ‘Lista Suja’). The entry is based on a 2025 labour inspection at the sugar cane mill in São Pedro do Ivaí (Paraná) involving 57 workers; the final administrative decision was taken on 22 December 2025 and the entry was made in the update of 6 April 2026.
Sugar industry companies must continuously check working conditions at their sites, because an entry on the ‘Lista Suja’ is published by name.
Recognising and preventing slave-like working conditions
- Authority / court
- Ministério do Trabalho e Emprego (MTE), Inspeção do Trabalho
- Area of law
- Supply chain and human rights · Forced and child labour
- Legal basis
- Portaria Interministerial MTE/MDHC/MIR nº 18/2024 (Cadastro de Empregadores)
- Action
- Other
- Status of proceedings
- final
- Sector
- Food and agriculture
- Published
- 6 Apr 2026
Checked against the official source on 3 Oct 2026 · Direct link
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18 Dec 2025 Linglong International Europe D.O.O. ZrenjaninCBP import stop for tyres from Linglong's plant in Serbia Order
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) issued a Withhold Release Order: car tyres from Linglong International Europe D.O.O. Zrenjanin (Serbia) are being detained at all US ports of entry because there are indications of forced labour (ILO indicators including deception, debt bondage, isolation, retention of identity documents and withholding of wages (nine indicators in total)).
Automotive suppliers should specifically audit recruitment, accommodation and the safekeeping of identity documents at plants with recruited migrant workers.
- 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
- Automotive
- Published
- 18 Dec 2025
- CBP issues Withhold Release Order on Linglong International Europe D.O.O. Zrenjanin Press release of an authority
Checked against the official source on 25 Sep 2026 · Direct link
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18 Nov 2025 Firemount Group Ltd.CBP stops clothing from Firemount Group in Mauritius Order
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) issued a Withhold Release Order: clothing and textiles from Firemount Group Ltd. (Mauritius) are being detained at all US ports of entry because there are indications of forced labour (ILO indicators including abuse of vulnerability, debt bondage, deception, and intimidation and threats).
Suppliers outside traditional high-risk countries must also be checked for their recruitment practices for foreign workers.
- 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
- Other
- Published
- 18 Nov 2025
- CBP issues Withhold Release Order on Firemount Group Ltd. Press release of an authority
Checked against the official source on 25 Sep 2026 · Direct link
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22 Oct 2025 Joca Participações S/AJoca Participações: ‘Lista Suja’ entry over 25 workers on Fazenda Aroeira Other
The MTE (Ministry of Labour and Employment) entered Joca Participações S/A on 6 April 2026 in the register of employers that have kept workers in conditions akin to slavery (the ‘Lista Suja’). The entry is based on a labour inspection in 2025 at Fazenda Aroeira in Getulina (SP) involving 25 affected workers; the administrative finding was issued on 22 October 2025.
Investment companies running their own farming operations also bear responsibility as employers for the workers on site.
Conditions akin to slavery in agriculture
- Authority / court
- Ministério do Trabalho e Emprego (MTE), Inspeção do Trabalho
- Area of law
- Supply chain and human rights · Forced and child labour
- Legal basis
- Portaria Interministerial MTE/MDHC/MIR nº 18/2024, Art. 2
- Action
- Other
- Status of proceedings
- unknown
- Sector
- Food and agriculture
- Published
- 6 Apr 2026
Checked against the official source on 3 Oct 2026 · Direct link
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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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8 Sep 2025 Centroálcool S/A (em recuperação judicial)Centroálcool: again on the ‘Lista Suja’ – 58 workers in conditions akin to slavery Other
The Ministry of Labour and Employment (MTE) again entered Centroálcool S/A (em recuperação judicial) on 6 April 2026 in the register of employers that have kept workers in conditions akin to slavery (the ‘Lista Suja’). The entry is based on a labour inspection in 2025 involving 58 affected workers and the administrative finding of 8 September 2025. The company is already on the list with two entries from a 2023 inspection in Inhumas (GO) (53 and 5 workers, finding of 28 February 2024).
After a first finding, working conditions must be checked systematically at all sites, otherwise the next entry follows.
Conditions akin to slavery in alcohol production
- Authority / court
- Ministério do Trabalho e Emprego (MTE), Inspeção do Trabalho
- Area of law
- Supply chain and human rights · Forced and child labour
- Legal basis
- Portaria Interministerial MTE/MDHC/MIR nº 18/2024, Art. 2
- Action
- Other
- Status of proceedings
- unknown
- Sector
- Energy and utilities
- Repeat case
- yes
- Published
- 6 Apr 2026
Checked against the official source on 3 Oct 2026 · Direct link
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4 Apr 2025 Gerezim Mineração Ltda.Gerezim Mineração: ‘Lista Suja’ entry over 34 workers in conditions akin to slavery Other
The MTE (Ministry of Labour and Employment) entered Gerezim Mineração Ltda. on 6 October 2025 in the register of employers that have kept workers in conditions akin to slavery (the ‘Lista Suja’). The entry followed a labour inspection in 2024 at Fazenda Pindaíba in Bocaiúva (MG) involving 34 affected workers; the administrative finding was issued on 4 April 2025.
Extraction of raw materials in remote areas needs regular, independent on-site checks of working conditions.
Conditions akin to slavery in mining
- Authority / court
- Ministério do Trabalho e Emprego (MTE), Inspeção do Trabalho
- Area of law
- Supply chain and human rights · Forced and child labour
- Legal basis
- Portaria Interministerial MTE/MDHC/MIR nº 18/2024, Art. 2
- Action
- Other
- Status of proceedings
- unknown
- Sector
- Other
- Published
- 6 Oct 2025
Checked against the official source on 3 Oct 2026 · Direct link
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3 Apr 2025 Taepyung Salt FarmCBP import stop for sea salt from South Korea's Taepyung Salt Farm Order
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) issued a Withhold Release Order: sea salt products from Taepyung Salt Farm (South Korea) are being detained at all US ports of entry because there are indications of forced labour (ILO indicators including physical violence, debt bondage, deception, restriction of movement and withholding of wages (ten indicators)).
Food manufacturers should also include inconspicuous ingredients such as salt in their forced labour risk analysis.
- 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
- Food and agriculture
- Published
- 3 Apr 2025
- CBP issues Withhold Release Order on Taepyung Salt Farm Press release of an authority
Checked against the official source on 25 Sep 2026 · Direct link
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15 Jan 2025 Donghai JA Solar Technology Co., Ltd.UFLPA list: solar manufacturer Donghai JA Solar Technology added Order
The U.S. Forced Labor Enforcement Task Force (FLETF) added the manufacturer of silicon ingots, wafers and solar modules from Jiangsu Province to the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (UFLPA) Entity List because it sources material from Xinjiang. The company's goods are therefore presumed to have been produced with forced labour on import into the US unless the importer rebuts this.
Companies procuring solar modules should have the origin of the polysilicon documented without gaps.
- Authority / court
- U.S. Department of Homeland Security (Forced Labor Enforcement Task Force)
- Area of law
- Supply chain and human rights · Forced and child labour
- Legal basis
- Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act, Section 2(d)(2)(B)(v)
- Action
- Order
- Status of proceedings
- unknown
- Sector
- Energy and utilities
- Published
- 15 Jan 2025
- Federal Register: Notice Regarding the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act Entity List (15.01.2025) Official register or notice
Checked against the official source on 25 Sep 2026 · Direct link
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15 Jan 2025 Xinjiang Zijin Zinc Industry Co., Ltd.UFLPA list: zinc producer Xinjiang Zijin Zinc Industry added Order
The U.S. Forced Labor Enforcement Task Force (FLETF) listed the mining company from Kizilsu Prefecture on two grounds: for working with the Xinjiang government on the recruitment and transfer of persecuted groups, and for sourcing material from Xinjiang. The company's goods are therefore presumed to have been produced with forced labour on import into the US unless the importer rebuts this.
Metal processors should know the smelters and mines of their upstream suppliers and screen them against the UFLPA Entity List.
- Authority / court
- U.S. Department of Homeland Security (Forced Labor Enforcement Task Force)
- Area of law
- Supply chain and human rights · Forced and child labour
- Legal basis
- Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act, Section 2(d)(2)(B)(ii) und (v)
- Action
- Order
- Status of proceedings
- unknown
- Sector
- Steel and metals
- Published
- 15 Jan 2025
- Federal Register: Notice Regarding the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act Entity List (15.01.2025) Official register or notice
Checked against the official source on 25 Sep 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
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9 Aug 2024 a Hong Kong magnesium producerUFLPA list: Hong Kong magnesium producer added Other
The Forced Labor Enforcement Task Force chaired by the US Department of Homeland Security added a Hong Kong-based manufacturer of magnesium fertiliser and magnesium alloys to the UFLPA Entity List because the US government has reasonable cause to believe that it sources magnesium from the Xinjiang region. Its goods are therefore subject to the rebuttable presumption that they were made with forced labour and may not be imported into the United States.
Raw materials must be traced back to their region of origin – even indirect links to Xinjiang can block imports into the United States.
Origin of raw materials and forced labour risks in the supply chain
- Authority / court
- U.S. Department of Homeland Security (Forced Labor Enforcement Task Force)
- Area of law
- Supply chain and human rights · Forced and child labour
- Legal basis
- Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act, Sec. 2(d)(2)(B)(v) und Sec. 3(a); 19 U.S.C. 1307
- Action
- Other
- Status of proceedings
- unknown
- Sector
- Steel and metals
- Published
- 9 Aug 2024
Checked against the official source on 8 Oct 2026 · Company name anonymised since 9 Aug 2026 · Direct link
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9 Aug 2024 a Chinese mining companyUFLPA list: Chinese mining company added Other
The Forced Labor Enforcement Task Force chaired by the US Department of Homeland Security added a Xinjiang-based mining company (non-ferrous metals) to the UFLPA Entity List because the US government has reasonable cause to believe that it works with the Xinjiang regional government to recruit, transport and receive Uyghurs, Kazakhs, Kyrgyz and members of other persecuted groups. Its goods are therefore presumed to have been made with forced labour and are barred from import into the United States unless the presumption is rebutted.
For metals from China, screening against the UFLPA Entity List down to mine level belongs in every supplier assessment.
Forced labour risks in metals and raw materials
- Authority / court
- U.S. Department of Homeland Security (Forced Labor Enforcement Task Force)
- Area of law
- Supply chain and human rights · Forced and child labour
- Legal basis
- Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act, Sec. 2(d)(2)(B)(ii) und Sec. 3(a); 19 U.S.C. 1307
- Action
- Other
- Status of proceedings
- unknown
- Sector
- Steel and metals
- Published
- 9 Aug 2024
Checked against the official source on 8 Oct 2026 · Company name anonymised since 9 Aug 2026 · Direct link
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10 Jun 2024 a British furniture retailerBritish furniture retailer: notice of remedial action – timber imported without due diligence Order
As operator, the company placed furniture made of Vietnamese rubberwood from Malaysia on the market without exercising due diligence to reduce the risk of illegally harvested timber in the supply chain to a negligible level. The Office for Product Safety and Standards (OPSS) issued a Notice of Remedial Action under Regulation 11 of the Timber Regulations 2013.
Anyone placing timber or timber products on the market for the first time must check and document origin and legality – including for supplies from neighbouring countries.
Due diligence in timber purchasing (origin, legality of harvest, risk mitigation)
- Authority / court
- 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, Regulation 4(b) (Sorgfaltspflicht nach Verordnung (EU) Nr. 995/2010 in der im UK fortgeltenden Fassung)
- Action
- Order
- Status of proceedings
- unknown
- Sector
- Retail and e-commerce
- OPSS, Enforcement Actions (Übersicht) (Entscheidung 2024) Enforcement database of an authority
Checked against the official source on 28 Sep 2026 · Version 4 · Company name anonymised since 10 Jun 2026 · Direct link
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6 Jun 2024 a British timber importer in the construction sectorBritish timber importer: notice of remedial action – timber imported without due diligence Order
As operator, the company placed pine plywood from Russia on the market without exercising due diligence to reduce the risk of illegally harvested timber in the supply chain to a negligible level. The Office for Product Safety and Standards (OPSS) issued a Notice of Remedial Action under Regulation 11 of the Timber Regulations 2013.
Anyone placing timber or timber products on the market for the first time must check and document origin and legality – including for supplies from neighbouring countries.
Due diligence in timber purchasing (origin, legality of harvest, risk mitigation)
- Authority / court
- 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, Regulation 4(b) (Sorgfaltspflicht nach Verordnung (EU) Nr. 995/2010 in der im UK fortgeltenden Fassung)
- Action
- Order
- Status of proceedings
- unknown
- Sector
- Construction and real estate
- OPSS, Enforcement Actions (Übersicht) (Entscheidung 2024) Enforcement database of an authority
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4 Jun 2024 a British furniture retailerBritish furniture retailer: notice of remedial action – timber imported without due diligence Order
As operator, the company placed wooden furniture from Vietnam on the market without exercising due diligence to reduce the risk of illegally harvested timber in the supply chain to a negligible level. The Office for Product Safety and Standards (OPSS) issued a Notice of Remedial Action under Regulation 11 of the Timber Regulations 2013.
Anyone placing timber or timber products on the market for the first time must check and document origin and legality – including for supplies from neighbouring countries.
Due diligence in timber purchasing (origin, legality of harvest, risk mitigation)
- Authority / court
- 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, Regulation 4(b) (Sorgfaltspflicht nach Verordnung (EU) Nr. 995/2010 in der im UK fortgeltenden Fassung)
- Action
- Order
- Status of proceedings
- unknown
- Sector
- Retail and e-commerce
- OPSS, Enforcement Actions (Übersicht) (Entscheidung 2024) Enforcement database of an authority
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30 May 2024 a purchasing company of a major international furniture retailerPurchasing company: furniture seized – timber origin not sufficiently checked Other
In April 2024, the Office for Product Safety and Standards (OPSS) seized furniture from several product ranges because the purchasing company, as operator, could not demonstrate due diligence that sufficiently mitigated the risk of illegal timber. Following a second notice dated 30 May 2024, the company had to donate the goods to a named charity.
Even large retailers with their own sustainability programmes must be able to prove due diligence for each product and consignment – otherwise the goods may be seized.
Proof of timber origin in purchasing
- Authority / court
- 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, Regulation 4(a), Regulation 9 (Beschlagnahme)
- Action
- Other
- Status of proceedings
- final
- Sector
- Retail and e-commerce
- Employees
- 10,000 or more
- OPSS, Enforcement Actions (Übersicht) (Entscheidung 2024) Enforcement database of an authority
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29 May 2024 a British furniture retailerBritish furniture retailer: notice of remedial action – timber imported without due diligence Order
As operator, the company placed furniture from Vietnam on the market without exercising due diligence to reduce the risk of illegally harvested timber in the supply chain to a negligible level. The Office for Product Safety and Standards (OPSS) issued a Notice of Remedial Action under Regulation 11 of the Timber Regulations 2013.
Anyone placing timber or timber products on the market for the first time must check and document origin and legality – including for supplies from neighbouring countries.
Due diligence in timber purchasing (origin, legality of harvest, risk mitigation)
- Authority / court
- 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, Regulation 4(b) (Sorgfaltspflicht nach Verordnung (EU) Nr. 995/2010 in der im UK fortgeltenden Fassung)
- Action
- Order
- Status of proceedings
- unknown
- Sector
- Retail and e-commerce
- OPSS, Enforcement Actions (Übersicht) (Entscheidung 2024) Enforcement database of an authority
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24 Oct 2023 a British timber importer in the construction sectorBritish timber importer: notice of remedial action – timber imported without due diligence Order
As operator, the company placed plywood from China, Russia and Turkey on the market without exercising due diligence to reduce the risk of illegally harvested timber in the supply chain to a negligible level. The Office for Product Safety and Standards (OPSS) issued a Notice of Remedial Action under Regulation 11 of the Timber Regulations 2013.
Anyone placing timber or timber products on the market for the first time must check and document origin and legality – including for supplies from neighbouring countries.
Due diligence in timber purchasing (origin, legality of harvest, risk mitigation)
- Authority / court
- 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, Regulation 4(b) (Sorgfaltspflicht nach Verordnung (EU) Nr. 995/2010 in der im UK fortgeltenden Fassung)
- Action
- Order
- Status of proceedings
- unknown
- Sector
- Construction and real estate
- OPSS, Enforcement Actions (Übersicht) (Entscheidung 2023) Enforcement database of an authority
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8 Aug 2023 a British timber importer in the construction sectorBritish timber importer: notice of remedial action – timber imported without due diligence Order
As operator, the company placed okoumé timber from Gabon on the market without exercising due diligence to reduce the risk of illegally harvested timber in the supply chain to a negligible level. The Office for Product Safety and Standards (OPSS) issued a Notice of Remedial Action under Regulation 11 of the Timber Regulations 2013.
Anyone placing timber or timber products on the market for the first time must check and document origin and legality – including for supplies from neighbouring countries.
Due diligence in timber purchasing (origin, legality of harvest, risk mitigation)
- Authority / court
- 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, Regulation 4(b) (Sorgfaltspflicht nach Verordnung (EU) Nr. 995/2010 in der im UK fortgeltenden Fassung)
- Action
- Order
- Status of proceedings
- unknown
- Sector
- Construction and real estate
- OPSS, Enforcement Actions (Übersicht) (Entscheidung 2023) Enforcement database of an authority
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8 Aug 2023 a British timber importer in the construction sectorBritish timber importer: notice of remedial action – timber imported without due diligence Order
As operator, the company placed plywood from the Republic of the Congo on the market without exercising due diligence to reduce the risk of illegally harvested timber in the supply chain to a negligible level. The Office for Product Safety and Standards (OPSS) issued a Notice of Remedial Action under Regulation 11 of the Timber Regulations 2013.
Anyone placing timber or timber products on the market for the first time must check and document origin and legality – including for supplies from neighbouring countries.
Due diligence in timber purchasing (origin, legality of harvest, risk mitigation)
- Authority / court
- 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, Regulation 4(b) (Sorgfaltspflicht nach Verordnung (EU) Nr. 995/2010 in der im UK fortgeltenden Fassung)
- Action
- Order
- Status of proceedings
- unknown
- Sector
- Construction and real estate
- OPSS, Enforcement Actions (Übersicht) (Entscheidung 2023) Enforcement database of an authority
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12 Jun 2023 a Chinese manufacturer of printers and printer suppliesUFLPA list: Chinese printer manufacturer and eight subsidiaries added Order
The U.S. Forced Labor Enforcement Task Force (FLETF) added the manufacturer and eight subsidiaries to the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (UFLPA) Entity List because they work with the Xinjiang government on the recruitment, transport or reception of forced labourers. The company's goods are therefore presumed to have been produced with forced labour on import into the US unless the importer rebuts this.
IT procurement should screen manufacturers of printers, toner and chips against forced labour lists – including subsidiaries.
- Authority / court
- U.S. Department of Homeland Security (Forced Labor Enforcement Task Force)
- Area of law
- Supply chain and human rights · Forced and child labour
- Legal basis
- Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act, Section 2(d)(2)(B)(ii)
- Action
- Order
- Status of proceedings
- unknown
- Sector
- Telecoms, IT and software
- Published
- 12 Jun 2023
- DHS, UFLPA Entity List (Entscheidung 2023) Official register or notice
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13 Feb 2023 a British timber importer in the construction sectorBritish timber importer: notice of remedial action – timber imported without due diligence Order
As operator, the company placed plywood from Malaysia on the market without exercising due diligence to reduce the risk of illegally harvested timber in the supply chain to a negligible level. The Office for Product Safety and Standards (OPSS) issued a Notice of Remedial Action under Regulation 11 of the Timber Regulations 2013.
Anyone placing timber or timber products on the market for the first time must check and document origin and legality – including for supplies from neighbouring countries.
Due diligence in timber purchasing (origin, legality of harvest, risk mitigation)
- Authority / court
- 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, Regulation 4(b) (Sorgfaltspflicht nach Verordnung (EU) Nr. 995/2010 in der im UK fortgeltenden Fassung)
- Action
- Order
- Status of proceedings
- unknown
- Sector
- Construction and real estate
- OPSS, Enforcement Actions (Übersicht) (Entscheidung 2023) Enforcement database of an authority
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