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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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by authority- Oberlandesgericht Stuttgart, 2. Strafsenat (Az. 2 St 3 BJs 48/22) — 0 % · 1 case
- Zollfahndungsamt Stuttgart im Auftrag der Europäischen Staatsanwaltschaft (EPPO) — 0 % · 1 case
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2 cases
3 Feb 2025 Customs investigators: machinery manufacturer allegedly declared Indian steel as British Incident
From March 2021, a machinery manufacturer from the Rhein-Neckar district is alleged to have declared steel products worth more than 2.9 million EUR as being of British origin in more than 100 customs clearances, although the steel came from India and was only imported via the UK; correctly, 25% higher import duties would have been payable. In December 2024, the Stuttgart customs investigation office (Zollfahndungsamt Stuttgart), acting on behalf of the European Public Prosecutor's Office (EPPO), searched business premises in Germany and at the British seller; the damage is estimated at several hundred thousand euros.
For steel, the actual origin determines the customs burden – check supplier declarations from intermediaries for plausibility.
Preferential and origin rules when buying steel via intermediaries
- Authority / court
- Zollfahndungsamt Stuttgart im Auftrag der Europäischen Staatsanwaltschaft (EPPO)
- Area of law
- Sanctions and export control · Customs
- Legal basis
- Verdacht der Steuerhinterziehung (Einfuhrabgaben nach EU-Zollrecht, falsche Ursprungsangaben)
- Action
- Incident without known action
- Status of proceedings
- unknown
- Sector
- Steel and metals
- Published
- 3 Feb 2025
- Zollfahndungsamt Stuttgart: Verdacht der Steuerhinterziehung bei der Einfuhr von Stahl (03.02.2025) Press release 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