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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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Where?
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Who?
by company- Trafigura Beheer B.V. €143.3m 59 % · 1 case
- Anonymised companies €91.2m 38 % · 4 cases
- Saubermacher Dienstleistungs-Aktiengesellschaft, Trüger Recycling- und Transport-GesmbH, pink robin gmbh €7.09m 3 % · 1 case
- Werbendes Unternehmen aus dem Energiesektor (anonymisiert) €340,000 0 % · 2 cases
- Killer GmbH & Co KG, Killer GmbH €278,000 0 % · 1 case
- Werbendes Unternehmen aus dem Sektor Photovoltaik (anonymisiert) €100,500 0 % · 1 case
- Gaslieferant für Haushaltskunden (in der amtlichen Mitteilung anonymisiert) – 0 % · 1 case
- Rethmann SE & Co. KG (Rethmann-Gruppe, u. a. Remondis) – 0 % · 1 case
- Strom- und Gasversorger mit mindestens 75.000 Kunden (in der amtlichen Mitteilung anonymisiert) – 0 % · 1 case
When?
per year, by date of decision| Period | Cases | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1 | €148,000 |
| 2023 | 2 | €560,000 |
| 2024 | 2 | €97.6m |
| 2025 | 7 | €143.7m |
| 2026 | 1 | €278,000 |
13 cases
3 Mar 2026 Killer GmbH & Co KG, Killer GmbHWaste cartel: €278,000 fine on waste firm Killer despite leniency status €278,000
The Kartellgericht (Cartel Court) fined Killer GmbH & Co KG and Killer GmbH allegedly 278,000 EUR for taking part in the nationwide waste management cartel from July 2002 to March 2021, mainly in Lower and Upper Austria and occasionally in Tyrol. The participants fixed prices, shared territories and customers and exchanged competitively sensitive information, including in tenders for waste collection. The fine was reduced because of leniency status and the consensual termination of the proceedings.
A leniency application made only after a dawn raid can reduce a fine but will not necessarily waive it; companies should investigate suspicions internally at an early stage.
Territorial and customer allocation in regional markets
- Authority / court
- Oberlandesgericht Wien als Kartellgericht (Antrag der Bundeswettbewerbsbehörde)
- Area of law
- Competition law · Cartels and collusion
- Legal basis
- § 1 Abs. 1 KartG und Art. 101 Abs. 1 AEUV; § 29 Abs. 1 Z 1 lit. a und d KartG
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- final
- Sector
- Energy and utilities
- Repeat case
- no
- Mitigating circumstances
- Reduction for cooperation under the leniency programme and the consensual termination of the proceedings.
- Published
- 15 Sep 2026
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18 Dec 2025 Werbendes Unternehmen aus dem Energiesektor (anonymisiert)BNetzA: €210,000 fine on energy company over contracts foisted on consumers by phone €210,000
The Bundesnetzagentur (Federal Network Agency) fined an energy company 210,000 EUR for unlawful telephone advertising. Callers often posed as the consumer's energy supplier, and in many cases contracts were foisted on the people called; the company has appealed.
Anyone marketing by phone needs verifiable prior consent and must not pose as the existing supplier of the people called.
Consent and proof of consent for telephone marketing
- Authority / court
- Bundesnetzagentur (BNetzA)
- Area of law
- Data protection · Marketing and consent
- Legal basis
- UWG – Verbot unerlaubter Telefonwerbung gegenüber Verbraucherinnen und Verbrauchern
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- under appeal
- Sector
- Energy and utilities
- BNetzA: Bußgelder Unerlaubte Telefonwerbung (laufende Liste mit Einzelmeldungen) Enforcement database of an authority
- BNetzA-Pressemitteilung 26.01.2026: Erneuter Anstieg der Beschwerdezahlen (Bußgelder 2025) Press release of an authority
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18 Dec 2025 Werbendes Unternehmen aus dem Sektor Photovoltaik (anonymisiert)BNetzA: €100,500 fine on solar panel seller over disguised sales calls €100,500
The Bundesnetzagentur (Federal Network Agency) imposed fines totalling 100,500 EUR on a solar photovoltaic company: 66,000 EUR for unlawful telephone advertising and 34,500 EUR for withholding caller numbers on sales calls. Callers concealed who the calls were really for and in some cases falsely presented sales calls as mere advisory calls.
Even a business that merely commissions sales calls can itself be fined – consent of the people called should be checked before a campaign starts.
Consent and proof of consent for telephone marketing
- Authority / court
- Bundesnetzagentur (BNetzA)
- Area of law
- Data protection · Marketing and consent
- Legal basis
- UWG – Verbot unerlaubter Telefonwerbung gegenüber Verbraucherinnen und Verbrauchern; Verbot der Rufnummernunterdrückung bei Werbeanrufen
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- unknown
- Sector
- Energy and utilities
- BNetzA: Bußgelder Unerlaubte Telefonwerbung (laufende Liste mit Einzelmeldungen) Enforcement database of an authority
- BNetzA-Pressemitteilung 26.01.2026: Erneuter Anstieg der Beschwerdezahlen (Bußgelder 2025) Press release of an authority
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21 Nov 2025 Rethmann SE & Co. KG (Rethmann-Gruppe, u. a. Remondis)Bundeskartellamt: Rethmann Group must notify future acquisitions for three years Order
Applying Section 32f(2) of the German Competition Act (GWB) for the first time, the Bundeskartellamt (Federal Cartel Office) required Rethmann SE & Co. KG and its affiliated companies (the Rethmann Group, which includes Remondis) to notify for three years before completion even mergers below the general turnover thresholds, where the target generates more than 1 million EUR in domestic turnover and at least 100,000 EUR in the collection of non-hazardous municipal waste or the processing of hollow glass. The decision builds on the findings of the sector inquiry into municipal waste completed at the end of 2023; it was not yet final when announced.
Market leaders in regionally defined markets must expect that even small acquisitions below the turnover thresholds may become notifiable.
Merger control obligations for small acquisitions
- Authority / court
- Bundeskartellamt
- Area of law
- Competition law · Merger control
- Legal basis
- § 32f Abs. 2 GWB (Az. B5-31/24)
- Action
- Order
- Status of proceedings
- unknown
- Sector
- Energy and utilities
- Published
- 24 Nov 2025
- Bundeskartellamt verpflichtet Rethmann-Gruppe zur Anmeldung künftiger Zusammenschlüsse (24.11.2025) Press release of an authority
- Bundeskartellamt, Beschluss B5-31/24 vom 21.11.2025 (Verfügung gem. § 32f Abs. 2 GWB, öffentliche Version) Decision of an authority
- Bundeskartellamt: Veröffentlichte Entscheidung – Anmeldeverpflichtung der Rethmann-Gruppe nach § 32f Abs. 2 GWB (Entscheidung vom 21.11.2025) Press release of an authority
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13 Nov 2025 Werbendes Unternehmen aus dem Energiesektor (anonymisiert)BNetzA: €130,000 fine on energy company over sales calls with withheld numbers €130,000
The Bundesnetzagentur (Federal Network Agency) imposed fines totalling 130,000 EUR on an energy company for its sales calls: 105,000 EUR for unlawful telephone advertising to consumers and 25,000 EUR for withholding caller numbers on sales calls. Callers frequently concealed their identity, so that people called were often signed up to contracts they had not wanted; the company has appealed.
Withholding the caller number or disguising one's identity on sales calls risks additional fines on top of the ban on unsolicited calls.
Consent and proof of consent for telephone marketing
- Authority / court
- Bundesnetzagentur (BNetzA)
- Area of law
- Data protection · Marketing and consent
- Legal basis
- UWG – Verbot unerlaubter Telefonwerbung gegenüber Verbraucherinnen und Verbrauchern; Verbot der Rufnummernunterdrückung bei Werbeanrufen
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- under appeal
- Sector
- Energy and utilities
- BNetzA: Bußgelder Unerlaubte Telefonwerbung (laufende Liste mit Einzelmeldungen) Enforcement database of an authority
- BNetzA-Pressemitteilung 26.01.2026: Erneuter Anstieg der Beschwerdezahlen (Bußgelder 2025) Press release of an authority
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29 Aug 2025 Strom- und Gasversorger mit mindestens 75.000 Kunden (in der amtlichen Mitteilung anonymisiert)Bundesnetzagentur: energy supplier must reverse invalid price increases Order
Despite price guarantees it had given, an electricity and gas supplier tried at the end of July 2022 to impose unilateral price increases from 1 September 2022, often raising the unit price by several hundred per cent. The Bundesnetzagentur (Federal Network Agency) found that it had breached the information and transparency duties of Section 41(5) of the Energy Industry Act (EnWG), that the increases were therefore invalid and that from March 2023 it had nonetheless billed customers who had objected at the higher prices; it ordered all adjustments to be withdrawn and reversed within six months and threatened a penalty payment of 100,000 EUR. The Oberlandesgericht Düsseldorf (Higher Regional Court of Düsseldorf) upheld the decision on 13 August 2026 (not final).
Price guarantees apply even in an energy crisis; unilateral price rises need a sound legal basis and simple, understandable customer information.
Transparent customer information on price changes
- Authority / court
- Bundesnetzagentur (Bescheid bestätigt durch OLG Düsseldorf, 5. Kartellsenat, Beschluss vom 13.08.2026)
- Area of law
- Consumer protection and online retail
- Legal basis
- § 41 Abs. 5 Satz 1 und 3 EnWG; § 40 Abs. 2 Satz 1 Nr. 3 Alt. 2 EnWG; OLG-Az. VI-5 Kart 2/26 [V]
- Action
- Order
- Status of proceedings
- under appeal
- Sector
- Energy and utilities
- Published
- 14 Aug 2026
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17 Mar 2025 Gaslieferant für Haushaltskunden (in der amtlichen Mitteilung anonymisiert)Bundesnetzagentur: conditions for gas supplier after cutting off 350,000 households Order
A gas supplier had stopped supplying around 350,000 household customers without notice in December 2021 and terminated the contracts retroactively. When it sought to resume business in 2023, the Bundesnetzagentur (Federal Network Agency) made this subject to conditions because of the management's continuing unreliability: only gradual customer growth until spring 2028, submission of audited annual accounts for 2023 to 2026 and notification of changes to procurement, tariffs and terms until the end of 2027, with penalty payments of up to 100,000 EUR for breaches. The Oberlandesgericht Düsseldorf (Higher Regional Court of Düsseldorf) dismissed the appeal on 23 July 2026; a further appeal on points of law has been allowed.
A supplier that abruptly cuts off household customers must expect years of conditions, as the reliability of its management remains under scrutiny.
Supplier obligations towards household customers in energy crises
- Authority / court
- Bundesnetzagentur (Bescheid bestätigt durch OLG Düsseldorf, 5. Kartellsenat, Beschluss vom 23.07.2026)
- Area of law
- Consumer protection and online retail
- Legal basis
- EnWG – Teiluntersagung der Tätigkeit als Energielieferant wegen Unzuverlässigkeit der Geschäftsleitung (Auflagen mit Zwangsgeldandrohung); OLG-Az. VI-5 Kart 1/26 [V]
- Action
- Order
- Status of proceedings
- under appeal
- Sector
- Energy and utilities
- Liability of senior managers
- The decisive factor was the unreliability of management; according to the court's findings it showed no insight and settled customers' losses only inadequately.
- Published
- 23 Jul 2026
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31 Jan 2025 Trafigura Beheer B.V.Swiss Federal Criminal Court (Bundesstrafgericht) convicts Trafigura of bribery in Angola €143.3m
Between 2009 and 2011, more than 4 million EUR and more than 600,000 USD were paid to an official in Angola in order to promote ship chartering and bunkering business of the Trafigura group. The court convicted the then parent company for lacking rules on the supervision of intermediaries, imposing a fine of 3 million CHF and a compensatory claim (Ersatzforderung) of 145,634,268 USD (amount converted at the ECB rate of 31 January 2025: 148,933,982 USD in total). It was the first judgment of the Federal Criminal Court on corporate criminal liability for foreign bribery; it is not final.
In Switzerland, companies are liable if their organisation fails to prevent bribery – and the compensatory claim can exceed the fine many times over.
Payments via intermediaries to employees of state-owned oil companies
- Authority / court
- Bundesstrafgericht (Strafkammer); Anklage durch die Bundesanwaltschaft
- Area of law
- Bribery and corruption · Bribery of public officials
- Legal basis
- Art. 102 StGB i. V. m. Art. 322septies StGB (Bestechung fremder Amtsträger); SK.2023.49
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- unknown
- Sector
- Energy and utilities
- Employees
- 10,000 or more
- Culpability
- intentional
- Published
- 31 Jan 2025
Original amount 148,933,982 USD, converted at the ECB reference rate of 31 Jan 2025.
- Bundesstrafgericht: Verurteilung einer juristischen und drei natürlicher Personen wegen Bestechung fremder Amtsträger (SK.2023.49) Court press release
- TRAFIGURA BEHEER BV und drei natürliche Personen vor Bundesstrafgericht angeklagt Press release of an authority
- Bundesstrafgericht, Dispositiv SK.2023.49 vom 31.01.2025 Court decision
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29 Nov 2024 Saubermacher Dienstleistungs-Aktiengesellschaft, Trüger Recycling- und Transport-GesmbH, pink robin gmbhWaste cartel: €7.085m fine on Saubermacher, Trüger and pink robin €7.09m
The Kartellgericht (Cartel Court) fined Saubermacher Dienstleistungs-Aktiengesellschaft, Trüger Recycling- und Transport-GesmbH and pink robin gmbh 7.085 million EUR for taking part in a nationwide cartel in waste collection (July 2002 to March 2021). The participants fixed prices, shared markets and exchanged information on public and private tenders; the three companies' periods of involvement differed in length. Starting from 15.58 million EUR, the Bundeswettbewerbsbehörde (BWB, Federal Competition Authority) granted a reduction for the consensual termination of the proceedings.
Tacitly leaving each other's home territories alone (home-market principle) is a hardcore restriction and is punished like an express agreement.
Market sharing and price fixing between competitors
- Authority / court
- Oberlandesgericht Wien als Kartellgericht (Antrag der Bundeswettbewerbsbehörde)
- Area of law
- Competition law · Cartels and collusion
- Legal basis
- § 1 Abs. 1 KartG und Art. 101 Abs. 1 AEUV; § 29 Z 1 lit. a und d KartG
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- final
- Sector
- Energy and utilities
- Repeat case
- no
- Mitigating circumstances
- Reduction for the consensual termination of the proceedings (starting amount 15.58 million EUR).
- Published
- 8 May 2026
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1 Mar 2024 a Swiss commodities trading houseTrading house convicted: around 86.7 million CHF over corruption in Ecuador's oil business €90.5m
The Geneva-based commodities trading house failed to take all reasonable organisational precautions to prevent foreign public officials from being bribed on its behalf in connection with the Ecuadorian oil industry from 2013 to 2017. The Office of the Attorney General of Switzerland (BA) – in coordination with US authorities – ordered the trading house to pay around 86.7 million CHF, of which 4.3 million CHF is a fine.
Commodities traders must scrutinise payments to intermediaries in government business without gaps – the confiscation of profits far exceeds the fine.
Payments via intermediaries to state-owned oil companies
- Authority / court
- Bundesanwaltschaft (BA)
- Area of law
- Bribery and corruption · Bribery of public officials
- Legal basis
- Art. 102 StGB (Unternehmensverantwortlichkeit) i. V. m. Bestechung fremder Amtsträger
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- unknown
- Sector
- Energy and utilities
- Culpability
- intentional
- Published
- 1 Mar 2024
Original amount 86,700,000 CHF, converted at the ECB reference rate of 1 Mar 2024.
- Bundesanwaltschaft, Medienmitteilungen (Übersicht) (Entscheidung 2024) Press release of an authority
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13 Nov 2023 a German business that commissioned sales calls for energy supplyBNetzA: €285,000 fine on business that commissioned sales calls for energy supply €285,000
The Bundesnetzagentur (Federal Network Agency) fined a business that had commissioned sales calls for energy supply 285,000 EUR for unlawful telephone advertising. Together with the other energy proceedings it contributed to total fines of 1.435 million EUR for unlawful telephone advertising imposed by the agency in 2023.
Even a business that merely commissions sales calls can itself be fined – consent of the people called should be checked before a campaign starts.
Consent and proof of consent for telephone marketing
- Authority / court
- Bundesnetzagentur (BNetzA)
- Area of law
- Data protection · Marketing and consent
- Legal basis
- UWG – Verbot unerlaubter Telefonwerbung gegenüber Verbraucherinnen und Verbrauchern
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- unknown
- Sector
- Energy and utilities
- Bundesnetzagentur, Maßnahmen gegen unerlaubte Telefonwerbung mit Archiv-Übersicht der Bußgelder ab 2017 (Übersicht) (Entscheidung 2023) Enforcement database of an authority
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28 Jun 2023 a German business that commissioned sales calls for energy supplyBNetzA: €275,000 fine on business that commissioned sales calls for energy supply €275,000
The Bundesnetzagentur (Federal Network Agency) fined a business that had commissioned sales calls for energy supply 275,000 EUR for unlawful telephone advertising. According to the agency's annual review, callers in the 2023 energy cases frequently pretended to be from the current supplier or a price comparison site.
Even a business that merely commissions sales calls can itself be fined – consent of the people called should be checked before a campaign starts.
Consent and proof of consent for telephone marketing
- Authority / court
- Bundesnetzagentur (BNetzA)
- Area of law
- Data protection · Marketing and consent
- Legal basis
- UWG – Verbot unerlaubter Telefonwerbung gegenüber Verbraucherinnen und Verbrauchern
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- unknown
- Sector
- Energy and utilities
- Bundesnetzagentur, Maßnahmen gegen unerlaubte Telefonwerbung mit Archiv-Übersicht der Bußgelder ab 2017 (Übersicht) (Entscheidung 2023) Enforcement database of an authority
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22 Nov 2022 a German business that commissioned sales calls for electricity supply contractsBNetzA: €148,000 fine on business that commissioned unlawful sales calls for electricity contracts €148,000
The Bundesnetzagentur (Federal Network Agency) fined a business that had commissioned sales calls for electricity supply contracts 148,000 EUR for unlawful telephone advertising. The official list gives neither the name nor further details; according to the agency, in 2022 it concentrated its investigations in nine large proceedings covering up to 3,000 complaints each.
Even a business that merely commissions sales calls can itself be fined – consent of the people called should be checked before a campaign starts.
Consent and proof of consent for telephone marketing
- Authority / court
- Bundesnetzagentur (BNetzA)
- Area of law
- Data protection · Marketing and consent
- Legal basis
- UWG – Verbot unerlaubter Telefonwerbung gegenüber Verbraucherinnen und Verbrauchern
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- unknown
- Sector
- Energy and utilities
- Bundesnetzagentur, Maßnahmen gegen unerlaubte Telefonwerbung mit Archiv-Übersicht der Bußgelder ab 2017 (Übersicht) (Entscheidung 2022) Enforcement database of an authority
Checked against the official source on 7 Oct 2026 · Version 2 · Company name anonymised since 22 Nov 2024 · Direct link