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Who was sanctioned, and for what?
Fines, court rulings and incidents from Europe, North America, Latin America, Asia-Pacific and Middle East: 1,929 cases from 40 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?
by authority- Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) €925,553 100 % · 1 case
What for?
by area of lawAll areas of law
Who?
by company- Hang Seng Bank Limited €8.1m 39 % · 1 case
- Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft €2.62m 13 % · 1 case
- EFG Bank AG €1.19m 6 % · 1 case
- Xinhu International Futures (Hong Kong) Co., Limited €1.06m 5 % · 1 case
- Kylin International (HK) Co., Limited €968,909 5 % · 1 case
- Indian Overseas Bank, Hong Kong Branch €925,553 5 % · 1 case
- UBS AG €883,431 4 % · 1 case
- Instinet Pacific Limited €875,254 4 % · 1 case
- China Industrial Securities International Asset Management Limited €761,367 4 % · 1 case
- China CITIC Bank International Limited €485,944 2 % · 1 case
- 8 more€2.68m
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 | €925,553 |
| Q4 2025 | 0 | – |
| Q1 2026 | 0 | – |
| Q2 2026 | 0 | – |
| Q3 2026 | 0 | – |
| Q4 2026 | 0 | – |
1 case
22 Jul 2025 Indian Overseas Bank, Hong Kong BranchIndian Overseas Bank (Hong Kong): HKD 8.5m penalty and orders over monitoring failings €925,553
The Hong Kong branch of Indian Overseas Bank was reprimanded, ordered to pay a pecuniary penalty of 8,500,000 HKD and required to carry out a look-back review of its transaction-monitoring alerts, submit a remedial plan and have its effectiveness assessed by an external adviser. Between May 2021 and January 2024 alerts were not properly followed up, unusual transactions of ten customers were not examined and documented, and senior management did not steer anti-money laundering controls effectively; a competent compliance officer, clear responsibilities and adequate training were lacking.
A monitoring system only protects the bank if senior management ensures that its alerts are handled by competent staff.
Handling monitoring alerts and senior management responsibility for anti-money laundering
Missing or inadequate training played a role in the decision.
- Authority / court
- Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA)
- Area of law
- Money laundering and terrorist financing · Internal controls
- Legal basis
- s. 21(2)(a), (b), (c) AMLO (Cap. 615); Schedule 2 ss. 5(1)(c), 19(3), 23 AMLO
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- unknown
- Sector
- Financial services and insurance
- Repeat case
- no
- Mitigating circumstances
- No previous disciplinary record under the AMLO, cooperation with the regulator.
- Liability of senior managers
- The regulator found that senior management did not take a clear leadership role in anti-money laundering and did not appoint a competent compliance officer; the decision contains no measures against individuals.
- Published
- 22 Jul 2025
Original amount 8,500,000 HKD, converted at the ECB reference rate of 22 Jul 2025.
- HKMA press release: Monetary Authority takes disciplinary actions against three banks for contraventions of AMLO (22.07.2025) Press release of an authority
- HKMA Statement of Disciplinary Action Decision of an authority
Checked against the official source on 3 Oct 2026 · Direct link