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Fines, court rulings and incidents from Europe and North America: 718 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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per quarter, by date of decision| Period | Cases | Total |
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| Q3 2023 | 0 | — |
| Q4 2023 | 0 | — |
| Q1 2024 | 0 | — |
| Q2 2024 | 0 | — |
| Q3 2024 | 0 | — |
| Q4 2024 | 1 | — |
| Q1 2025 | 1 | €2.47m |
| Q2 2025 | 0 | — |
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| Q4 2025 | 0 | — |
| Q1 2026 | 1 | €212.2m |
| Q2 2026 | 0 | — |
| Q3 2026 | 3 | €8.39m |
6 cases
11 Feb 2026 Applied Materials, Inc. und Applied Materials Korea, Ltd.Applied Materials pays 252 million USD for chip equipment exports to China €212.2m
In 2021 and 2022, Applied Materials and its Korean subsidiary exported ion implanters for semiconductor manufacturing worth around 126 million USD via Korea without a licence to a Chinese company placed on the Entity List in 2020. The penalty imposed by the US Commerce Department's Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) corresponds to twice the transaction value and thus the statutory maximum; the compliance staff and executives responsible are no longer with the company.
Routing through foreign subsidiaries does not remove the licence requirement; export control needs audits and clear accountability of management.
Entity List screening for deliveries via subsidiaries
- Authority / court
- U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS)
- Area of law
- Sanctions and export control · Export control and dual-use goods
- Legal basis
- Export Administration Regulations (Entity List)
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- final
- Sector
- Manufacturing and mechanical engineering
- Employees
- 10,000 or more
- Liability of senior managers
- According to BIS, the responsible compliance staff and senior executives from sales and production are no longer employed.
- Published
- 12 Feb 2026
Original amount 252,500,300 USD, converted at the ECB reference rate of 11 Feb 2026.
- BIS: Applied Materials to Pay $252 Million Penalty for Illegally Exporting Semiconductor Manufacturing Equipment (12.02.2026) Press release of an authority
- BIS Order Relating to Applied Materials, Inc. and Applied Materials Korea (11.02.2026) Decision of an authority
Checked against the official source on 25 Sep 2026 · Direct link
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24 Aug 2026 Container Manufacturing Ltd.Small US machinery supplier exported spare parts for can presses to Russia €857,339
Between March 2023 and March 2025, the Ohio manufacturer of presses for beverage can ends (nine employees) supplied, in ten instances, spare parts for aluminium forming tools worth around 264,700 USD – partly via the UAE and Turkey – without a licence to a Russian customer whose group also supplies defence precursors. In two instances, the company acted with knowledge of the violation; it admitted the allegations, which were brought by the US Commerce Department's Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS).
Even small businesses with few employees must check tariff codes against Russia restrictions and treat deliveries via third countries as a warning sign.
HTS-based export restrictions on Russia, diversion via third countries
Missing or inadequate training played a role in the decision.
- Authority / court
- U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS)
- Area of law
- Sanctions and export control · Export control and dual-use goods
- Legal basis
- Export Administration Regulations, § 746.8(a)(5) (HTS-Codes Supplement No. 4 to Part 746), §§ 764.2(a), 764.2(e)
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- final
- Sector
- Manufacturing and mechanical engineering
- Employees
- Under 50
- Mitigating circumstances
- Full cooperation; compliance programme subsequently expanded with screening, an approval process and additional export control training
- Published
- 24 Aug 2026
Original amount 1,000,000 USD, converted at the ECB reference rate of 24 Aug 2026.
- BIS Reaches Administrative Enforcement Settlement with Container Manufacturing Ltd. (24.08.2026) Press release of an authority
- BIS Order Relating to Container Manufacturing Ltd. Decision of an authority
Checked against the official source on 25 Sep 2026 · Direct link
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12 Aug 2026 Rice Lake Weighing Systems, Inc.Scale manufacturer Rice Lake liable for Italian subsidiary's indirect exports to Iran €52,632
In eight instances in 2019–2021, the Italian subsidiary Dini Argeo supplied weighing equipment worth around 121,500 USD to a trader in the UAE, although it knew that the goods would be passed on to a former direct Iranian customer. The parent company had passed on the Iran ban only by an English-language e-mail without explanation; the US Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) considered it a non-egregious, voluntarily self-disclosed case.
Implement sanctions requirements at foreign subsidiaries in an understandable way, in the local language and with training for all relevant employees – indirect supplies via traders are also prohibited.
Sanctions training for foreign subsidiaries, indirect supplies via third countries
Missing or inadequate training played a role in the decision.
- Authority / court
- U.S. Department of the Treasury, Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC)
- Area of law
- Sanctions and export control · Breaches of sanctions and embargoes
- Legal basis
- Iranian Transactions and Sanctions Regulations, § 560.215 (Auslandstöchter von US-Personen)
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- final
- Sector
- Manufacturing and mechanical engineering
- Culpability
- negligent
- Repeat case
- no
- Mitigating circumstances
- Voluntary self-disclosure, immediate internal investigation, low significance for turnover, no prior violations, cooperation; subsequent training of the subsidiary's employees and screening of traders
- Published
- 12 Aug 2026
Original amount 60,764 USD, converted at the ECB reference rate of 12 Aug 2026.
- OFAC Enforcement Release: Rice Lake Weighing Systems Settles with OFAC for Iran-Related Apparent Violations (12.08.2026) Decision of an authority
- OFAC – Civil Penalties and Enforcement Information Enforcement database of an authority
Checked against the official source on 25 Sep 2026 · Direct link
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30 Jul 2026 Airbus Operations LimitedAirbus Operations pays 6.4 million GBP for export control breaches in technology transfer €7.48m
Over an extended period before November 2022, Airbus Operations Ltd breached the Export Control Order 2008: transfers of controlled technology under three open general export licences (OGEL) were not correctly documented, required registers were missing, and one individual licence was not complied with. The case came to light through voluntary disclosure and was concluded by HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) by way of a compound settlement (date of publication).
Technology transfers by e-mail or data room are also exports – conditions, registers and records of general licences must be put into practice day to day.
Licence conditions and record-keeping obligations in technology transfer
- Authority / court
- HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) / Export Control Joint Unit
- Area of law
- Sanctions and export control · Export control and dual-use goods
- Legal basis
- Export Control Order 2008, Art. 29(2) und 29(3) (Auflagen und Register bei OGELs) sowie Auflage einer SIEL; Straftaten nach Art. 38(1)(a) und (b); Compound Settlement durch HMRC
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- final
- Sector
- Manufacturing and mechanical engineering
- Employees
- 10,000 or more
- Mitigating circumstances
- Voluntary disclosure, full cooperation, remedial measures
- Published
- 30 Jul 2026
Original amount 6,409,388 GBP, converted at the ECB reference rate of 30 Jul 2026.
- Notice to exporters 2026/17: company named in compound settlement for breaches of export control Press release of an authority
Checked against the official source on 25 Sep 2026 · Direct link
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17 Jan 2025 Haas Automation, Inc.Haas Automation: CNC parts and unlock codes for blocked Russian defence companies €2.47m
From December 2019 to March 2022, the Californian machine tool manufacturer indirectly supplied, via its dealer network, one CNC machine, 13 spare parts orders and seven unlock codes for machines of blocked Russian defence and energy companies. The US Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) imposed 1,044,781 USD (eight of the 21 violations egregious, no voluntary self-disclosure); at the same time, Haas paid 1.5 million USD to the US Commerce Department's Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS).
Spare parts and software unlock codes for machines already delivered are also services relevant to sanctions – end customers behind dealers must be known.
End-customer screening in dealer sales, software unlocks as a service
- Authority / court
- U.S. Department of the Treasury, Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC); parallel U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS)
- Area of law
- Sanctions and export control · Breaches of sanctions and embargoes
- Legal basis
- Ukraine-/Russia-Related Sanctions Regulations (31 C.F.R. part 589; E.O. 13662); Export Administration Regulations
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- final
- Sector
- Manufacturing and mechanical engineering
- Mitigating circumstances
- Substantial remedial measures and extensive cooperation
- Published
- 17 Jan 2025
Original amount 2,544,781 USD, converted at the ECB reference rate of 17 Jan 2025.
- OFAC Enforcement Release: Haas Automation, Inc. Settles with OFAC for $1,044,781 (17.01.2025) Decision of an authority
- OFAC – 2025 Enforcement Information Enforcement database of an authority
Checked against the official source on 25 Sep 2026 · Direct link
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7 Nov 2024 Seven years' imprisonment: machine tools for sniper rifles to Russian arms manufacturer Custodial sentence
In 2015, despite the Russia embargo, the 56-year-old managing director of a Baden-Württemberg machine tool company and a Swiss holding company supplied six machine tools with accessories to a Russian arms manufacturer for the series production of sniper rifles, and concealed the recipient and intended use. The 2nd Criminal Division of the Stuttgart Higher Regional Court (Oberlandesgericht Stuttgart, Ref. 2 St 3 BJs 48/22) imposed an aggregate sentence of seven years' imprisonment; around 3 million EUR was confiscated from the holding company and 2.1 million EUR from the defendant (of which 674,000 EUR jointly and severally). Not final.
Embargo breaches with a defence connection are prosecuted as state security cases – even years later and with confiscation from foreign holding companies.
- Authority / court
- Oberlandesgericht Stuttgart, 2. Strafsenat (Az. 2 St 3 BJs 48/22)
- Area of law
- Sanctions and export control · Breaches of sanctions and embargoes
- Legal basis
- §§ 17, 18 Außenwirtschaftsgesetz i. V. m. Beschluss 2014/512/GASP und Verordnung (EU) Nr. 833/2014
- Action
- Custodial sentence
- Status of proceedings
- unknown
- Sector
- Manufacturing and mechanical engineering
- Culpability
- intentional
- Liability of senior managers
- Managing director personally sentenced to seven years' imprisonment.
- Published
- 7 Nov 2024
- OLG Stuttgart, 2. Strafsenat: Angeklagter wegen vier Verstößen gegen das AWG i. V. m. dem Russland-Embargo zu 7 Jahren verurteilt (07.11.2024) Court press release
- Generalbundesanwalt: Anklage wegen mutmaßlicher Verstöße gegen das Außenwirtschaftsgesetz erhoben (13.11.2023) Press release of an authority
Checked against the official source on 25 Sep 2026 · Direct link