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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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  1. Breaches of sanctions and embargoes — 0 % · 1 case

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7 Nov 2024 Seven years' imprisonment: machine tools for sniper rifles to Russian arms manufacturer GermanyBreaches of sanctions and embargoes 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.

What organisations can take from it

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

Checked against the official source on 25 Sep 2026 · Direct link

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