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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.

1case from 1 jurisdiction
€3.35mTotal of monetary amounts
€3.35mLargest single case: Unicat Catalyst Technologies, LLC
€3.35mMedian per case with an amount

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1 case

16 Jun 2025 Unicat Catalyst Technologies, LLCCatalyst manufacturer Unicat supplied Iran and blocked Venezuelan company USABreaches of sanctions and embargoes €3.35m

In 2016–2021, the Texas supplier of catalysts for refineries and steelworks supplied products and advice to customers in Iran via its former CEO, employees and agents, and sold goods to a blocked Venezuelan company. The US Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) considered it an egregious but voluntarily self-disclosed case; there were parallel settlements with the DOJ and BIS, which were taken into account in determining the amount.

What organisations can take from it

When senior management itself steers embargo business, only independent controls and whistleblower channels help – voluntary self-disclosure after discovery reduces the penalty but does not prevent it.

Authority / court
U.S. Department of the Treasury, Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC)
Area of law
Sanctions and export control · Breaches of sanctions and embargoes
Legal basis
Iranian Transactions and Sanctions Regulations; Venezuela Sanctions Regulations; IEEPA
Action
Fine
Status of proceedings
final
Sector
Chemicals and pharmaceuticals
Culpability
intentional
Mitigating circumstances
Voluntary self-disclosure, cooperation and remedial measures after discovery
Liability of senior managers
According to OFAC, the violations were carried out by the former CEO and co-founder as well as former employees.
Published
16 Jun 2025

Original amount 3,882,797 USD, converted at the ECB reference rate of 16 Jun 2025.

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

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