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Fines, court rulings and incidents from Europe, North America, Latin America, Asia-Pacific, Middle East and Africa: 2,207 cases from 44 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 year, by date of decision| Period | Cases | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 2 | €195,000 |
| 2025 | 2 | – |
| 2026 | 0 | – |
4 cases
10 Feb 2025 EPPO freezes assets: Chinese stainless steel declared as Korean Order
In 110 imports via a customs agency in Ferrara, two companies are alleged to have declared stainless steel coils from China as being of South Korean origin, thereby evading almost 2.4 million EUR in additional duty under the 2019 EU anti-dumping regulation; 60 further imports by one of the companies using the same method involve around 950,000 EUR. At the request of the Bologna office of the European Public Prosecutor's Office (EPPO), assets totalling more than 3.3 million EUR were frozen; searches took place in Ferrara, Varese, Milan and La Spezia.
False origin declarations for steel subject to anti-dumping duties are prosecuted across borders by the EU prosecutor – with asset freezes already at the investigation stage.
Origin declarations for steel imports and liability of management
- Authority / court
- Europäische Staatsanwaltschaft (EPPO), Büro Bologna
- Area of law
- Sanctions and export control · Customs
- Legal basis
- EU-Antidumpingverordnung von 2019 (Edelstahlcoils aus China); Hinterziehung von Einfuhrzöllen
- Action
- Order
- Status of proceedings
- unknown
- Sector
- Steel and metals
- Liability of senior managers
- Those responsible at the companies are alleged to have certified the South Korean origin.
- Published
- 10 Feb 2025
- EPPO: Italy – EPPO seizes €950 000 in probe into import of stainless steel coils (10.02.2025) Press release of an authority
Checked against the official source on 25 Sep 2026 · Direct link
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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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19 Dec 2024 Citibank Europe Plc, Luxembourg BranchCitibank Europe, Luxembourg Branch: reprimand for late implementation of Russia sanctions Reprimand or warning
The CSSF issued a reprimand to the Luxembourg branch because in 2022 it implemented financial sanctions under Regulation (EU) No 269/2014 late in respect of two accounts of a listed client and informed the Ministry of Finance late. Automatic fee and interest postings continued on the accounts; according to the CSSF, the listed person did not access any funds.
New sanctions listings must be applied to all accounts and reported to the Ministry of Finance without delay – automatic postings also need to be checked.
Freezing and reporting without delay after new sanctions listings
- Authority / court
- Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier (CSSF)
- Area of law
- Sanctions and export control · Breaches of sanctions and embargoes
- Legal basis
- Art. 6(4) Loi du 19 décembre 2020 relative aux mesures restrictives en matière financière; Art. 8-4(1) und (2) Loi modifiée du 12 novembre 2004 (LBC/FT); verletzt Art. 2 und 7 VO (EU) Nr. 269/2014, Art. 6(1) Gesetz 2020, Règlement grand-ducal du 14 novembre 2022, Art. 33(2) Règlement CSSF 12-02
- Action
- Reprimand or warning
- Status of proceedings
- unknown
- Sector
- Financial services and insurance
- Mitigating circumstances
- The CSSF took into account the branch's remedial measures.
- Published
- 12 Feb 2025
- CSSF, Administrative decision of 19 December 2024 (Citibank Europe Plc, Luxembourg Branch) Decision of an authority
- CSSF, Administrative sanction of 19 December 2024 – Dokumentseite Press release of an authority
Checked against the official source on 2 Oct 2026 · Direct link
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23 Sep 2024 Amsterdam company pays settlement: dividend paid out to oligarch's company €195,000
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.
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
- Measures against individuals are not reported here.
- Published
- 23 Sep 2024
- Openbaar Ministerie, Nachrichten (Übersicht) (Entscheidung 2024) Press release of an authority
Checked against the official source on 28 Sep 2026 · Version 5 · Company name anonymised since 23 Sep 2026 · Direct link