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Who was sanctioned, and for what?
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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Where?
by authority- HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) / Export Control Joint Unit €8.18m 54 % · 2 cases
- HM Treasury, Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation (OFSI) €6.88m 46 % · 4 cases
- Leeds Crown Court; Ermittlungen HM Revenue & Customs — 0 % · 1 case
What for?
by topicWho?
by sectorAll sectors
- Manufacturing and mechanical engineering €7.48m 50 % · 1 case
- Financial services and insurance €5.54m 37 % · 1 case
- Telecoms, IT and software €1.16m 8 % · 1 case
- Defence and security €706,898 5 % · 2 cases
- Chemicals and pharmaceuticals €176,590 1 % · 1 case
- Transport, logistics and shipping €5,768 0 % · 1 case
When?
per quarter, by date of decision| Period | Cases | Total |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2023 | 0 | — |
| Q4 2023 | 0 | — |
| Q1 2024 | 0 | — |
| Q2 2024 | 0 | — |
| Q3 2024 | 0 | — |
| Q4 2024 | 0 | — |
| Q1 2025 | 0 | — |
| Q2 2025 | 1 | €5,768 |
| Q3 2025 | 1 | €176,590 |
| Q4 2025 | 1 | €706,898 |
| Q1 2026 | 1 | — |
| Q2 2026 | 1 | €1.16m |
| Q3 2026 | 2 | €13m |
7 cases
11 Aug 2026 Citibank, N.A., London BranchOFSI imposes 4.7 million GBP on Citibank London over Russia payments €5.54m
Mainly between February and November 2022, the London branch processed 970 payments totalling around 19.7 million GBP that breached Russia and anti-corruption sanctions. The causes were overloaded alert handling after the wave of designations, delayed escalation and human error; the bank voluntarily disclosed most of the breaches and received a 20% reduction from HM Treasury's Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation (OFSI).
During waves of designations, alert handling needs additional trained capacity – backlogs and wrong decisions in screening are themselves sanctions breaches.
Handling sanctions alerts, escalation and freezing
- Authority / court
- HM Treasury, Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation (OFSI)
- Area of law
- Sanctions and export control · Breaches of sanctions and embargoes
- Legal basis
- Russia (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019; Global Anti-Corruption Sanctions Regulations 2021; s. 146 Policing and Crime Act 2017
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- final
- Sector
- Financial services and insurance
- Employees
- 10,000 or more
- Mitigating circumstances
- Predominantly voluntary disclosure and cooperation (20% reduction); exceptional burden caused by the 2022 sanctions packages taken into account
- Published
- 2 Sep 2026
Original amount 4,732,830.58 GBP, converted at the ECB reference rate of 11 Aug 2026.
- OFSI: Imposition of Monetary Penalty – Citibank, N.A., London Branch Decision of an authority
- OFSI – Enforcement of financial sanctions (Sammlung) 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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26 May 2026 Sabre Global Technologies LimitedSabre subsidiary accepted payments from designated Ural Airlines €1.16m
The provider of a travel booking system continued to provide services to Ural Airlines, designated in May 2022, requested payments of around 906,600 USD and, after the funds were frozen by the bank, looked for alternative payment routes, which HM Treasury's Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation (OFSI) regarded as circumvention. A lack of escalation during a change of roles, vacant leadership positions in legal and compliance, policies focused on US law and screening that did not flag the designation all contributed.
If an existing customer is designated, escalate this immediately; looking for alternative payment routes after the bank has frozen funds is itself a breach.
Responding to new designations of existing customers, prohibition of circumvention
- Authority / court
- HM Treasury, Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation (OFSI)
- Area of law
- Sanctions and export control · Breaches of sanctions and embargoes
- Legal basis
- Russia (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019, regs. 13, 14, 19
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- final
- Sector
- Telecoms, IT and software
- Mitigating circumstances
- Voluntary disclosure (31 October 2022) and full cooperation; settlement under the new settlement procedure
- Published
- 17 Jun 2026
Original amount 1,000,920.59 GBP, converted at the ECB reference rate of 26 May 2026.
- OFSI: Imposition of Monetary Penalty – Sabre Global Technologies Limited Decision of an authority
- OFSI – Enforcement of financial sanctions (Sammlung) Enforcement database of an authority
Checked against the official source on 25 Sep 2026 · Direct link
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6 Feb 2026 Company boss jailed: military thermal imaging rifle scopes to Hong Kong Custodial sentence
A company director from Wakefield attempted to export eight thermal imaging rifle scopes classified as military goods (ML1d) to Hong Kong without a licence, declaring them as cheap cameras; Border Force stopped consignments in 2022 and 2023, and a search, following investigations by HM Revenue & Customs, revealed ten further exports. Leeds Crown Court sentenced him to two years and one month's imprisonment.
False descriptions of military goods lead directly to personal criminal liability of management.
- Authority / court
- Leeds Crown Court; Ermittlungen HM Revenue & Customs
- Area of law
- Sanctions and export control · Export control and dual-use goods
- Legal basis
- Customs and Excise Management Act 1979, ss. 68, 167; UK Military List ML1d; Waffenembargo China/Hongkong
- Action
- Custodial sentence
- Status of proceedings
- unknown
- Sector
- Defence and security
- Culpability
- intentional
- Liability of senior managers
- The director Steven Gates was personally sentenced to 2 years and 1 month's imprisonment.
- Published
- 19 Feb 2026
- NTE 2026/03: company director jailed for illegal export Press release of an authority
Checked against the official source on 25 Sep 2026 · Direct link
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1 Dec 2025 British exporter pays 620,515 GBP for unlicensed exports of military goods €706,898
In September 2025, an unnamed British exporter paid a compound settlement of 620,515.04 GBP to HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) for unlicensed exports of military goods. HMRC offers such settlements only for unintentional breaches or weaknesses in internal controls and following voluntary disclosure (date = publication).
Weaknesses in internal export control become expensive even without intent – disclosing breaches early can avoid prosecution.
Classification of goods and licensing requirements for military goods
- 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
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- final
- Sector
- Defence and security
- Culpability
- negligent
- Mitigating circumstances
- Voluntary disclosure (prerequisite for the compound settlement)
- Published
- 1 Dec 2025
Original amount 620,515.04 GBP, converted at the ECB reference rate of 1 Dec 2025.
- NTE 2025/31: UK exporter pays compound settlement for breaches of export controls Press release of an authority
Checked against the official source on 25 Sep 2026 · Direct link
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10 Sep 2025 Colorcon LimitedPharmaceutical supplier Colorcon paid Moscow salaries via sanctioned banks €176,590
In 2022, the Moscow office of the British subsidiary made payments – mainly salaries – to accounts at Alfa-Bank, Promsvyazbank, Sberbank and VTB; after deduction of payments covered by a general licence, around 128,300 GBP remained in breach. The approval process in the UK checked only the amount and the recipient, not the bank; because of a four-month delay in reporting, HM Treasury's Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation (OFSI) granted only a 35% instead of a 50% reduction.
Anyone approving payments must also screen the recipient's bank against sanctions lists – and report breaches discovered without delay.
Payment approval with screening of the recipient bank, prompt reporting
- Authority / court
- HM Treasury, Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation (OFSI)
- Area of law
- Sanctions and export control · Breaches of sanctions and embargoes
- Legal basis
- Russia (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019, reg. 12
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- final
- Sector
- Chemicals and pharmaceuticals
- Mitigating circumstances
- Disclosure and full cooperation, but delayed
- Published
- 30 Sep 2025
Original amount 152,750 GBP, converted at the ECB reference rate of 10 Sep 2025.
- OFSI: Imposition of Monetary Penalty – Colorcon Limited Decision of an authority
- OFSI – Enforcement of financial sanctions (Sammlung) Enforcement database of an authority
Checked against the official source on 25 Sep 2026 · Direct link
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11 Apr 2025 Svarog Shipping & Trading Company LimitedTanker shipping company Svarog left OFSI information request unanswered €5,768
In the context of investigations into dealings with a Sovcomflot subsidiary, the fuel shipping company registered in the UK and operating from Cyprus did not respond in time to a formal information request from HM Treasury's Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation (OFSI); a response only came after contact via its auditors. No sanctions breach as such was found, but the information offence was.
Information requests from sanctions authorities need a clear intake channel and deadline monitoring – merely missing the deadline is already an offence.
Handling requests from authorities and deadlines
- Authority / court
- HM Treasury, Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation (OFSI)
- Area of law
- Sanctions and export control · Breaches of sanctions and embargoes
- Legal basis
- Russia (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019, regs. 72, 74(1)(a)
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- final
- Sector
- Transport, logistics and shipping
- Culpability
- negligent
- Mitigating circumstances
- Minor, indirect harm; the response was provided subsequently
- Published
- 8 May 2025
Original amount 5,000 GBP, converted at the ECB reference rate of 11 Apr 2025.
- OFSI: Imposition of Monetary Penalty – Svarog Shipping & Trading Company Limited Decision of an authority
- OFSI – Enforcement of financial sanctions (Sammlung) Enforcement database of an authority
Checked against the official source on 25 Sep 2026 · Direct link