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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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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 | €244,999 |
| Q1 2025 | 0 | — |
| Q2 2025 | 0 | — |
| Q3 2025 | 2 | €1.9m |
| Q4 2025 | 0 | — |
| Q1 2026 | 0 | — |
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| Q3 2026 | 0 | — |
3 cases
3 Sep 2025 Fracht FWO Inc.Freight forwarder Fracht FWO chartered blocked Venezuelan airline with Mahan Air jet €1.38m
In May 2022, bypassing internal compliance procedures, the Houston freight forwarder engaged a blocked Venezuelan state-owned airline for a shipment from Mexico to Argentina; the aircraft used, which was also blocked, was operated by Iran's Mahan Air. The US Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) classified the case as egregious and not voluntarily self-disclosed, partly because two vice presidents bypassed the screening under time pressure.
Urgent customer orders never justify skipping sanctions screening of carriers and of the aircraft or vessels used.
Business partner screening under time pressure, circumvention of internal approvals
- 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
- Venezuela-, Iran-, Proliferations- und Terrorismus-Sanktionsprogramme (OFAC); IEEPA
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- final
- Sector
- Transport, logistics and shipping
- Culpability
- negligent
- Repeat case
- no
- Mitigating circumstances
- No prior violations in five years, immediate remediation, substantial cooperation
- Liability of senior managers
- According to OFAC, the violation was driven primarily by two vice presidents who bypassed internal screening processes.
- Published
- 3 Sep 2025
Original amount 1,610,775 USD, converted at the ECB reference rate of 3 Sep 2025.
- OFAC Enforcement Release: Fracht FWO Inc. Settles with OFAC for $1,610,775 (03.09.2025) 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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2 Jul 2025 Key Holding, LLCLogistics company Key Holding: Colombian subsidiary organised 36 shipments to Cuba €517,929
After the acquisition of a Colombian logistics company in December 2021, the latter organised 36 freight shipments to Cuba worth around 3.06 million USD up to July 2023. Neither the US parent nor the subsidiary had a sanctions compliance programme for foreign companies; the US Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) assessed the case as non-egregious and voluntarily self-disclosed.
After an acquisition, roll out the sanctions compliance programme to the new foreign subsidiary immediately – the Cuba embargo applies to US-controlled subsidiaries worldwide.
Sanctions compliance after acquisitions
- 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
- Cuban Assets Control Regulations (31 C.F.R. part 515)
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- final
- Sector
- Transport, logistics and shipping
- Culpability
- negligent
- Repeat case
- no
- Mitigating circumstances
- Voluntary self-disclosure, no prior violations, remedial measures after discovery
- Published
- 2 Jul 2025
Original amount 608,825 USD, converted at the ECB reference rate of 2 Jul 2025.
- OFAC Enforcement Release: Key Holding, LLC Settles with OFAC for $608,825 (02.07.2025) 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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13 Dec 2024 C.H. Robinson International, Inc.C.H. Robinson: foreign subsidiaries transported Iranian and Cuban goods €244,999
From November 2018 to February 2022, five foreign subsidiaries of the logistics group acquired through takeovers brokered or transported a total of 82 shipments involving Iranian or Cuban goods or an Iranian airline. The main cause was that their booking systems had not yet been integrated into the group's screening processes; the US Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) considered the case non-egregious and voluntarily self-disclosed.
Connect acquired freight forwarders to central screening quickly; until then, interim controls on origin and carrier are needed.
Integrating acquired companies into sanctions screening
- 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; Cuban Assets Control Regulations
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- final
- Sector
- Transport, logistics and shipping
- Employees
- 10,000 or more
- Culpability
- negligent
- Repeat case
- no
- Mitigating circumstances
- Voluntary self-disclosure, no prior violations, swift remediation
- Published
- 13 Dec 2024
Original amount 257,690 USD, converted at the ECB reference rate of 13 Dec 2024.
- OFAC Enforcement Release: C.H. Robinson International Inc. Settles with OFAC for $257,690 (13.12.2024) Decision of an authority
- OFAC – 2024 Enforcement Information Enforcement database of an authority
Checked against the official source on 25 Sep 2026 · Direct link