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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.

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€2.13mTotal of monetary amounts
€2.13mLargest single case: Banque Pictet et Cie SA
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1 case

17 Jun 2025 Banque Pictet et Cie SABanque Pictet: 2 million CHF fine for laundering Petrobras bribes SwitzerlandInternal controls €2.13m

Between 2010 and 2013, an asset manager at the bank validated 54 transfers through which bribes of around 4.1 million USD connected with SBM Offshore's charter contracts with Petrobras were concealed. The bank had not classified high-risk accounts as such and had inadequately monitored transfers; the Office of the Attorney General of Switzerland (Bundesanwaltschaft) imposed a fine of 2 million CHF, and the former employee received a suspended prison sentence.

What organisations can take from it

Risk classification and transaction monitoring must take effect before individual relationship managers approve payments.

Relevance to training and awareness

High-risk clients and transaction monitoring

Authority / court
Bundesanwaltschaft
Area of law
Money laundering and terrorist financing · Internal controls
Legal basis
Art. 102 Abs. 2 StGB i. V. m. Art. 305bis und Art. 322septies StGB
Action
Fine
Status of proceedings
final
Sector
Financial services and insurance
Mitigating circumstances
Time elapsed since the offence, very good cooperation, organisational corrective measures after the Petrobras affair became known.
Liability of senior managers
Former asset manager: suspended prison sentence of six months (probation period of two years).
Published
17 Jun 2025

Original amount 2,000,000 CHF, converted at the ECB reference rate of 17 Jun 2025.

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

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