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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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What for?
by action- Other €570.1m 100 % · 8 cases
- Fine €24,218 0 % · 1 case
- Order – 0 % · 1 case
- Incident without action – 0 % · 1 case
Who?
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When?
per year, by date of decision| Period | Cases | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | €74.7m |
| 2026 | 4 | €495.4m |
11 cases
5 Aug 2026 Everlight Electronics Co., Ltd. und Everlight Americas, Inc.Everlight: 5.15 million USD – Chinese LEDs declared as Taiwanese via Taiwan €4.46m
The Taiwanese LED manufacturer and its Texas subsidiary allegedly transshipped LEDs made in China via Taiwan from 2018 to 2022 and declared them to US customs as being of Taiwanese origin in order to avoid Section 301 tariffs (US punitive tariffs on Chinese goods); in addition, Chinese and Taiwanese chips were not kept separate in production until 2025. The settlement of 5.15 million USD resolves a whistleblower lawsuit brought by a former employee, who receives around 876,000 USD.
Where goods are routed through third countries, document their origin by manufacturing step – repackaging in Taiwan does not turn Chinese goods into Taiwanese ones.
Rules of origin and origin of goods when transshipping via third countries
- Authority / court
- U.S. Attorney’s Office District of Maryland (Department of Justice) mit U.S. Customs and Border Protection
- Area of law
- Sanctions and export control · Customs
- Legal basis
- False Claims Act; Tariff Act of 1930 (Vergleich; Haftung nicht festgestellt)
- Action
- Other
- Status of proceedings
- final
- Sector
- Manufacturing and mechanical engineering
- Published
- 5 Aug 2026
Original amount 5,150,000 USD, converted at the ECB reference rate of 5 Aug 2026.
Checked against the official source on 28 Sep 2026 · Direct link
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15 Jul 2026 New York Packaging II LLC (Redi-Bag USA)Redi-Bag USA: 7.3 million USD – “Made in China” marking on carrier bags concealed €6.4m
The packaging supplier allegedly imported plastic carrier bags made in China via Hong Kong and declared them as goods from Hong Kong in order to evade anti-dumping duties of up to 77.57%. According to the US Department of Justice (DOJ), the company had employees cover up “Made in China” markings, concealed the origin from its customs broker and cancelled orders that were due to be inspected; the settlement of 7.3 million USD (a joint payment with a further settling party) resolves a whistleblower lawsuit.
Never instruct staff to conceal origin markings – doing so turns a tariff issue into deliberate customs fraud; give employees a reporting channel for such instructions.
Origin declarations and handling of origin markings in goods receipt
- Authority / court
- U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Division, und U.S. Attorney’s Office District of New Jersey
- Area of law
- Sanctions and export control · Customs
- Legal basis
- False Claims Act, 31 U.S.C. §§ 3729 ff. (Vergleich; Haftung nicht festgestellt)
- Action
- Other
- Status of proceedings
- final
- Sector
- Retail and e-commerce
- Liability of senior managers
- Measures against individuals are not reported here.
- Published
- 15 Jul 2026
Original amount 7,300,000 USD, converted at the ECB reference rate of 15 Jul 2026.
- U.S. Department of Justice, Pressemitteilung zum Vergleich mit Redi-Bag USA (Entscheidung 2025) Press release of an authority
Checked against the official source on 28 Sep 2026 · Version 2 · Direct link
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20 May 2026 Farjess Inc. und Royal Canadian Steel Inc.Canadian steel companies pay 19 million USD – steel from Asia and Europe declared as Canadian €16.4m
Two Canadian steel companies allegedly declared flat-rolled steel from China, Indonesia, Italy, Turkey and Vietnam to US customs as being of Canadian or US origin from May 2019 to January 2025. The settlement of 19 million USD (a joint payment with a further settling party) resolves the lawsuit of a customs broker, who receives around 3.61 million USD.
Base origin declarations in cross-border trade on mill certificates – and take note that your own customs broker is often the first to spot inconsistencies.
Proof of origin in steel trading
- Authority / court
- U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Division, und U.S. Attorney’s Office Eastern District of Michigan
- Area of law
- Sanctions and export control · Customs
- Legal basis
- False Claims Act, 31 U.S.C. §§ 3729 ff. (Vergleich; Haftung nicht festgestellt)
- Action
- Other
- Status of proceedings
- final
- Sector
- Steel and metals
- Liability of senior managers
- Measures against individuals are not reported here.
- Published
- 20 May 2026
Original amount 19,000,000 USD, converted at the ECB reference rate of 20 May 2026.
Checked against the official source on 28 Sep 2026 · Version 2 · Direct link
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12 May 2026 Perfectus Aluminum Inc., Perfectus Aluminum Acquisitions LLC und vier verbundene LagergesellschaftenPerfectus Aluminum: 549.5 million USD – aluminium extrusions imported as sham pallets €468.1m
From July 2011 to June 2014, the companies imported more than 2.2 million Chinese aluminium extrusions that had merely been spot-welded into “pallets”, and declared them as finished goods not subject to anti-dumping and countervailing duties – there were never any buyers for the pallets. A jury had already convicted the companies in 2021 of, among other things, conspiracy to defraud the United States; the civil settlement of 549.5 million USD resolves several whistleblower lawsuits.
Do not use minimal processing to declare goods as finished products outside the scope of anti-dumping duties – that is duty evasion; classify goods according to what they actually are.
Tariff classification and evasion of anti-dumping duties
- Authority / court
- U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Division, und U.S. Attorney’s Office Central District of California
- Area of law
- Sanctions and export control · Customs
- Legal basis
- False Claims Act, 31 U.S.C. §§ 3729 ff. (zivilrechtlicher Vergleich)
- Action
- Other
- Status of proceedings
- final
- Sector
- Steel and metals
- Culpability
- intentional
- Published
- 12 May 2026
Original amount 549,500,000 USD, converted at the ECB reference rate of 12 May 2026.
Checked against the official source on 28 Sep 2026 · Direct link
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18 Dec 2025 Ceratizit USA LLCCeratizit USA: 54.4 million USD for misdeclared carbide products from China €46.4m
The distributor of tungsten carbide products allegedly transshipped Chinese goods via Taiwan and declared them as Taiwanese (2020–2024), misclassified products (2015–2024) and distributed goods without country-of-origin marking. The settlement of 54.4 million USD resolves a whistleblower lawsuit; the whistleblower receives around 9.75 million USD.
Treat origin, tariff classification and marking as three separate obligations – customs compliance that checks only one of them leaves the other risks open.
Tariff classification, origin declarations and origin marking
- Authority / court
- U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Division, und U.S. Attorney’s Office Eastern District of Michigan
- Area of law
- Sanctions and export control · Customs
- Legal basis
- False Claims Act, 31 U.S.C. §§ 3729 ff. (Vergleich; Haftung nicht festgestellt)
- Action
- Other
- Status of proceedings
- final
- Sector
- Steel and metals
- Published
- 18 Dec 2025
Original amount 54,400,000 USD, converted at the ECB reference rate of 18 Dec 2025.
- Ceratizit USA LLC Agrees to Pay $54.4M to Settle False Claims Act Allegations Relating to Evaded Customs Duties Press release of an authority
Checked against the official source on 28 Sep 2026 · Direct link
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26 Nov 2025 Harman International Industries, Inc.Harman pays 11.8 million USD – anti-dumping duty on aluminium heat sinks not paid €10.2m
The audio electronics group (brands include Harman Kardon and JBL) allegedly imported heat sinks made of Chinese extruded aluminium from 2011 to 2023 without paying the anti-dumping and countervailing duties owed; after the failure was brought to its attention, the company allegedly did not disclose it. The settlement of 11,809,628 USD resolves a whistleblower lawsuit (share around 2.3 million USD).
Disclose customs errors voluntarily once identified – concealment turns an oversight into deliberate deception; build corrective filings into the process.
Anti-dumping duties on components and disclosure of identified errors
- Authority / court
- U.S. Attorney’s Office Eastern District of Michigan (Department of Justice) mit CBP und Department of Commerce
- Area of law
- Sanctions and export control · Customs
- Legal basis
- False Claims Act, 31 U.S.C. §§ 3729 ff. (Vergleich; Haftung nicht festgestellt)
- Action
- Other
- Status of proceedings
- final
- Sector
- Manufacturing and mechanical engineering
- Published
- 26 Nov 2025
Original amount 11,809,628 USD, converted at the ECB reference rate of 26 Nov 2025.
Checked against the official source on 28 Sep 2026 · Direct link
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19 Aug 2025 Allied Stone Inc.Allied Stone: 12.4 million USD – Chinese quartz declared as marble or glass €10.6m
The Dallas-based supplier of countertops allegedly declared Chinese quartz surface products between 2018 and 2023 as goods subject to lower duties, such as marble or crystallised glass, and evaded anti-dumping and countervailing duties, including by using third parties as importers of record. The settlement of 12.4 million USD (a joint payment with a further settling party) resolves a whistleblower lawsuit.
Do not rely on third parties acting as importer – you remain liable for the correct description of the goods; customs responsibility cannot be outsourced.
Description and classification of goods subject to anti-dumping duties
- Authority / court
- U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Division, und U.S. Attorney’s Office Northern District of Texas
- Area of law
- Sanctions and export control · Customs
- Legal basis
- False Claims Act, 31 U.S.C. §§ 3729 ff. (Vergleich; Haftung nicht festgestellt)
- Action
- Other
- Status of proceedings
- final
- Sector
- Construction and real estate
- Liability of senior managers
- Measures against individuals are not reported here.
- Published
- 19 Aug 2025
Original amount 12,400,000 USD, converted at the ECB reference rate of 19 Aug 2025.
- U.S. Department of Justice, Pressemitteilung zum Vergleich mit Allied Stone Inc. (Entscheidung 2025) Press release of an authority
Checked against the official source on 28 Sep 2026 · Version 2 · Direct link
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30 Jul 2025 Ayzo Pte LtdAyzo: SGD 36,000 fine for freight forwarder misusing other companies' entity identifiers €24,218
In 2024 the freight forwarder Ayzo Pte Ltd misused the Unique Entity Numbers of two other companies in applications for export permits for cigarette shipments to Australia that were described as other goods in the shipping documents, and failed to retain the bills of lading. Ayzo had relied solely on information from an unknown client in India without verifying it with the named importers and exporters. After the company pleaded guilty to ten charges under the Customs Act for incorrect UEN declarations and three charges for failure to retain trade documents, the State Courts imposed a fine of SGD 36,000 on 30 July 2025.
Freight forwarders must verify client and goods information before customs declarations and retain trade documents, or they become tools for smugglers.
Due diligence in customs declarations: verifying clients and goods descriptions
- Authority / court
- Singapore Customs; Verurteilung durch die State Courts
- Area of law
- Sanctions and export control · Customs
- Legal basis
- Customs Act (unrichtige Angabe der Unique Entity Number); drei weitere Anklagepunkte wegen fehlender Aufbewahrung von Handelsdokumenten (Vorschrift in der Mitteilung nicht genannt)
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- unknown
- Sector
- Transport, logistics and shipping
- Published
- 19 Aug 2025
Original amount 36,000 SGD, converted at the ECB reference rate of 30 Jul 2025.
- Singapore Customs Media Release 19.08.2025: Freight Forwarder Fined $36,000 for Misusing Companies' Unique Entity Identifiers (PDF) Press release of an authority
- Singapore Customs – News (Verzeichnis, Eintrag 19.08.2025 mit Link auf die Mitteilung) Press release of an authority
Checked against the official source on 4 Oct 2026 · Direct link
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25 Mar 2025 Evolutions Flooring Inc.Evolutions Flooring: 8.1 million USD for false manufacturer and origin information on wood flooring €7.48m
The Californian importer of multilayered wood flooring allegedly provided false information on the manufacturer and country of origin from 2019 to 2022, thereby evading anti-dumping, countervailing and Section 301 duties on Chinese goods. The settlement of 8.1 million USD is a joint payment by all settling parties and is based on the ability to pay.
State the actual manufacturer and actual country of origin in customs declarations; false information used to evade anti-dumping, countervailing or Section 301 duties can be pursued as customs fraud.
Manufacturer and origin information in customs declarations
- Authority / court
- U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Division, und U.S. Attorney’s Office Central District of California
- Area of law
- Sanctions and export control · Customs
- Legal basis
- False Claims Act, 31 U.S.C. §§ 3729 ff. (Vergleich; Haftung nicht festgestellt)
- Action
- Other
- Status of proceedings
- final
- Sector
- Construction and real estate
- Mitigating circumstances
- Settlement amount based on the ability to pay of the settling parties.
- Liability of senior managers
- Measures against individuals are not reported here.
- Published
- 25 Mar 2025
Original amount 8,100,000 USD, converted at the ECB reference rate of 25 Mar 2025.
- U.S. Department of Justice, Pressemitteilung zum Vergleich mit Evolutions Flooring Inc. (Entscheidung 2025) Press release of an authority
Checked against the official source on 28 Sep 2026 · Version 2 · Direct link
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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