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Who was sanctioned, and for what?
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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Where?
by authority- Openbaar Ministerie (Staatsanwaltschaft der Niederlande) €215,000 52 % · 1 case
- Rechtbank Rotterdam; Anklage Openbaar Ministerie €200,000 48 % · 1 case
What for?
by topicWho?
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When?
per quarter, by date of decision| Period | Cases | Total |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2023 | 0 | — |
| Q4 2023 | 1 | €200,000 |
| Q1 2024 | 0 | — |
| Q2 2024 | 0 | — |
| Q3 2024 | 1 | €215,000 |
| Q4 2024 | 0 | — |
| Q1 2025 | 0 | — |
| Q2 2025 | 0 | — |
| Q3 2025 | 0 | — |
| Q4 2025 | 0 | — |
| Q1 2026 | 0 | — |
| Q2 2026 | 0 | — |
| Q3 2026 | 0 | — |
2 cases
23 Sep 2024 Amsterdam company pays settlement: dividend paid out to oligarch's company €215,000
At the end of 2021, a company based in Amsterdam paid out a dividend of around 18 million EUR to a Russian shareholder behind which there was a sanctioned person, repaid a loan to a listed Russian company in 2019 and did not freeze shares and voting rights; in addition, a gatekeeper was misinformed. In a settlement (transactie) with the Dutch Public Prosecution Service (Openbaar Ministerie), the company paid 195,000 EUR and the managing director, as de facto manager, 20,000 EUR.
Dividends, loan repayments and voting rights vis-à-vis shareholders with a sanctioned owner in the background are also frozen – gatekeepers must know the full structure.
Freezing shares of listed shareholders, beneficial owners
- Authority / court
- Openbaar Ministerie (Staatsanwaltschaft der Niederlande)
- Area of law
- Sanctions and export control · Breaches of sanctions and embargoes
- Legal basis
- Sanctiewet 1977 i. V. m. EU-Finanzsanktionen gegen Russland (seit 2014)
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- final
- Sector
- Other
- Liability of senior managers
- The managing director paid 20,000 EUR as de facto manager.
- Published
- 23 Sep 2024
- OM: Transacties na verdenking overtredingen Sanctiewet (23.09.2024) Press release of an authority
Checked against the official source on 25 Sep 2026 · Direct link
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31 Oct 2023 Woerd-Tech BVWoerd-Tech BV: 200,000 EUR penalty for microchips to Russian defence customers €200,000
The company of a Russian-Dutch national from Gorssel sold microchips, semiconductors and other electronics to a Russian purchasing organisation with an FSB licence and to customers from the defence industry, and after the tightening of sanctions in 2022 routed shipments ostensibly via the Maldives and other countries. Following charges brought by the Dutch Public Prosecution Service (Openbaar Ministerie, OM), the Rotterdam District Court (Rechtbank Rotterdam) imposed a fine of 200,000 EUR on the BV (final after the appeals were withdrawn) and 18 months' imprisonment on the managing director (appeal proceedings pending).
Banks report suspicious Russia payments to the FIU – sham routes via third countries are uncovered in this way and hit both companies and management.
- Authority / court
- Rechtbank Rotterdam; Anklage Openbaar Ministerie
- Area of law
- Sanctions and export control · Export control and dual-use goods
- Legal basis
- Sanctiewet 1977 (EU-Russland-Sanktionen); Urkundenfälschung (valsheid in geschrifte)
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- final
- Sector
- Retail and e-commerce
- Culpability
- intentional
- Liability of senior managers
- Managing director sentenced at first instance to 18 months' imprisonment; in the appeal proceedings, the OM demanded three years and a professional ban.
- Published
- 14 Apr 2025
- OM: OM eist in hoger beroep 3 jaar celstraf en een beroepsverbod voor omzeilen EU-sancties Rusland (14.04.2025) Press release of an authority
Checked against the official source on 25 Sep 2026 · Direct link