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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.

1case from 1 jurisdiction
€1.48bnTotal of monetary amounts
€1.48bnLargest single case: Hino Motors, Ltd.
€1.48bnMedian per case with an amount

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1 case

19 Mar 2025 Hino Motors, Ltd.Hino Motors: over 1.6 billion USD in fines and forfeiture for emissions fraud USAEmissions and permits €1.48bn

Between 2010 and 2019, the Toyota subsidiary submitted false certification applications, altered emissions data and fabricated test results; more than 105,000 non-compliant diesel engines were imported into the USA. The court imposed a fine of 521.76 million USD and forfeiture of 1.087 billion USD, plus five years of probation with an import ban on Hino diesel engines.

What organisations can take from it

Manipulated test data in approval procedures lead to penalties that threaten a company's existence and to market bans; testing processes need independent controls.

Relevance to training and awareness

Data integrity in testing and approval procedures

Authority / court
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan (Ermittlungen: EPA Criminal Investigation Division, FBI)
Area of law
Environment and sustainability · Emissions and permits
Legal basis
Clean Air Act; Verschwörung zum Betrug der Vereinigten Staaten und Schmuggel (Schuldbekenntnis)
Action
Fine
Status of proceedings
unknown
Sector
Automotive
Employees
10,000 or more
Culpability
intentional
Published
19 Mar 2025

Original amount 1,608,760,000 USD, converted at the ECB reference rate of 19 Mar 2025.

Checked against the official source on 25 Sep 2026 · Direct link

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