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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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| Q3 2025 | 1 | €5m |
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| Q1 2026 | 1 | €20m |
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2 cases
2 Mar 2026 Autohandel aus dem Landkreis Miltenberg (Inhaber Andreas M.)Six years' imprisonment for car dealer: 111 luxury vehicles to Russia despite embargo €20m
A car dealer from the Bavarian Lower Main region specialising in armoured and luxury vehicles brought 111 vehicles worth almost 20 million EUR to Russia, and around 400 further vehicles were planned. The white-collar crime chamber of the Würzburg Regional Court (Landgericht Würzburg) sentenced the owner to six years' imprisonment and the former authorised signatory (Prokuristin) to two years suspended, and ordered the confiscation of around 20 million EUR; the judgment is not final.
Bans on luxury goods to Russia are enforced with long prison sentences and confiscation of assets; authorised signatories are also personally liable.
- Authority / court
- Landgericht Würzburg (Wirtschaftsstrafkammer); Ermittlungen Zollfahndungsamt Essen und Staatsanwaltschaft Würzburg
- Area of law
- Sanctions and export control · Breaches of sanctions and embargoes
- Legal basis
- Außenwirtschaftsgesetz i. V. m. Russland-Embargoverordnung (EU) Nr. 833/2014 (gewerbsmäßig)
- Action
- Custodial sentence
- Status of proceedings
- unknown
- Sector
- Automotive
- Culpability
- intentional
- Liability of senior managers
- Owner (Andreas M.) six years' imprisonment; former authorised signatory (Inna W.) two years suspended.
- Published
- 2 Mar 2026
- Zollfahndungsamt Essen: Sechs Jahre Haft für Embargoverstoß mit Luxusautos (02.03.2026) Press release of an authority
Checked against the official source on 25 Sep 2026 · Direct link
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8 Jul 2025 Freies Autohaus aus Lohra (Inhaber nicht genannt)Five years' imprisonment for smuggling 71 luxury cars to Russia €5m
The person responsible for an independent car dealership sold 71 luxury vehicles with a value of goods of around 5 million EUR to Russia, feigning lawful exports to third countries. Following investigations by the Frankfurt am Main public prosecutor's office and the Essen customs investigation office, the Marburg Regional Court (Landgericht Marburg) imposed five years' imprisonment and ordered the confiscation of around 5 million EUR; the judgment is not final.
Feigned exports to third countries are exposed through customs data and payment flows – confiscation covers the entire value of the goods.
- Authority / court
- Landgericht Marburg; Ermittlungen Staatsanwaltschaft Frankfurt am Main und Zollfahndungsamt Essen
- Area of law
- Sanctions and export control · Breaches of sanctions and embargoes
- Legal basis
- Außenwirtschaftsgesetz i. V. m. Verordnung (EU) Nr. 833/2014 (Luxusgüterverbot)
- Action
- Custodial sentence
- Status of proceedings
- unknown
- Sector
- Automotive
- Culpability
- intentional
- Liability of senior managers
- The person responsible for the car dealership was personally sentenced to five years' imprisonment.
- Published
- 11 Jul 2025
- Zollfahndungsamt Essen: Fünf Jahre Haft für Embargoverstöße mit Luxusautos (11.07.2025) Press release of an authority
Checked against the official source on 25 Sep 2026 · Direct link