Compliance Radar
Who was sanctioned, and for what?
Fines, court rulings and incidents from Europe, North America, Latin America and Asia-Pacific: 1,869 cases from 39 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?
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What for?
by area of lawAll areas of law
Who?
by company- Anonymised companies 4 cases 11 % · €49.1m
- ExxonMobil Chemical Limited 2 cases 5 % · €513,011
- AFCO (Tochtergesellschaft der Zep Inc.) 1 case 3 % · €157,452
- Alchem International Pvt. Ltd. und Alchem International (H.K.) Limited 1 case 3 % · €489,000
- Ballance Agri-Nutrients Limited 1 case 3 % · €223,678
- Boehringer Ingelheim, Alkaloids of Australia, C2 PHARMA u. a. (7 Unternehmen) 1 case 3 % · €645,231
- Colorcon Limited 1 case 3 % · €176,590
- Denka Performance Elastomer, LLC 1 case 3 % · €874,915
- Dompé U.S. Inc. 1 case 3 % · €27.5m
- Estee Lauder Cosmetics Ltd. 1 case 3 % · €463,765
- 24 more24 cases
When?
per quarter, by date of decision| Period | Cases | Total |
|---|---|---|
| Q4 2023 | 0 | – |
| Q1 2024 | 0 | – |
| Q2 2024 | 0 | – |
| Q3 2024 | 0 | – |
| Q4 2024 | 0 | – |
| Q1 2025 | 0 | – |
| Q2 2025 | 0 | – |
| Q3 2025 | 1 | €489,000 |
| Q4 2025 | 0 | – |
| Q1 2026 | 0 | – |
| Q2 2026 | 0 | – |
| Q3 2026 | 0 | – |
| Q4 2026 | 0 | – |
1 case
4 Jul 2025 Alchem International Pvt. Ltd. und Alchem International (H.K.) LimitedAlchem: €489,000 fine for taking part in the SNBB pharmaceutical ingredient cartel €489,000
According to the European Commission's findings, Alchem took part from 1 November 2005 to 12 February 2018 in an EEA-wide cartel concerning the active ingredient N-butylbromide scopolamine (SNBB), involving minimum prices, quotas and exchanges of sensitive information. Unlike the other participants, who were subject to a settlement decision in October 2023, Alchem declined to settle and received a fine of 489,000 EUR without any reduction.
Suppliers of active pharmaceutical ingredients are also subject to the cartel prohibition; those who do not cooperate forgo reductions.
Price-fixing and quota agreements between competitors
- Authority / court
- Europäische Kommission
- Area of law
- Competition law · Cartels and collusion
- Legal basis
- Art. 101 AEUV; Art. 53 EWR-Abkommen
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- unknown
- Sector
- Chemicals and pharmaceuticals
- Published
- 4 Jul 2025
- Commission fines Alchem for participating in a pharmaceutical cartel (IP/25/1721) Press release of an authority
- Presscorner-Schnittstelle, Volltext IP/25/1721 Press release of an authority
Checked against the official source on 28 Sep 2026 · Direct link