Compliance Radar

Who was sanctioned, and for what?

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.

4cases from 1 jurisdiction
€5.69mTotal of monetary amounts
€70,000Median per case with an amount

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4 cases

3 Sep 2026 Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria, S.A. – Niederlassung Italien (BBVA Italia)Garante: 5.5 million EUR against BBVA Italia over advertising despite objection ItalyMarketing and consent €5.51m

For seven months (October 2025 to May 2026), the bank continued to send a customer advertising via its app, although he had objected several times. The Italian data protection authority (Garante per la protezione dei dati personali) also found deficient systems for implementing objections and inaccurate information about the processing, and imposed 5,508,000 EUR (Provvedimento No. 613).

What organisations can take from it

An objection to advertising must take effect immediately and reliably across all channels – including app messages.

Authority / court
Garante per la protezione dei dati personali
Area of law
Data protection · Marketing and consent
Legal basis
Art. 5 Abs. 1 lit. a, Art. 12, 21, 24 DSGVO
Action
Fine
Status of proceedings
unknown
Sector
Financial services and insurance
Published
11 Sep 2026

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

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23 Jun 2026 Banca Popolare Commerciale SpaBanca d'Italia: 40,000 EUR against Banca Popolare Commerciale over AML deficiencies ItalyCustomer due diligence €40,000

Following an on-site inspection from February to April 2025, the Bank of Italy (Banca d'Italia) found deficiencies in customer due diligence, active cooperation (suspicious transaction reporting) and anti-money laundering controls, and imposed an administrative fine of 40,000 EUR. The duration of the deficiencies and the corrective measures initiated were taken into account.

What organisations can take from it

Gaps in customer due diligence and suspicious transaction reporting are consistently sanctioned after on-site inspections, even with smaller amounts – corrective measures reduce the sanction but do not replace it.

Relevance to training and awareness

Customer due diligence and suspicious transaction reports

Authority / court
Banca d'Italia
Area of law
Money laundering and terrorist financing · Customer due diligence
Legal basis
Art. 62 d.lgs. 231/2007; Verstöße gegen Art. 7, 16–19, 24, 25, 35, 36 d.lgs. 231/2007
Action
Fine
Status of proceedings
unknown
Sector
Financial services and insurance
Mitigating circumstances
Corrective measures initiated

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

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10 Jul 2025 Poste Vita S.p.A.Poste Vita: 80,000 EUR – data breach notified only four months after customer’s alert ItalyIncident reporting obligations €80,000

A fraudster impersonated a customer by e-mail and, between 2021 and 2023, obtained information and documents on three policies from the life insurer’s case handlers without his identity being verified. Although the customer alerted the company to the false e-mail address in September 2024, Poste Vita only notified the breach to the supervisory authority in January 2025.

What organisations can take from it

Customer alerts about possible data leaks must go into the incident assessment immediately – not only after internal checks are completed.

Relevance to training and awareness

Identity verification for customer requests by e-mail (social engineering)

Authority / court
Garante per la protezione dei dati personali
Area of law
Information security and cyber · Incident reporting obligations
Legal basis
Art. 5 Abs. 1 lit. a und f, Art. 33 Abs. 1 DSGVO
Action
Fine
Status of proceedings
unknown
Sector
Financial services and insurance
Culpability
negligent
Mitigating circumstances
Immediate blocking of further communication, internal investigation, criminal complaint and stricter identity verification.

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

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24 Jun 2025 Banca Privata Leasing SpaBanca d'Italia: 60,000 EUR against Banca Privata Leasing over deficiencies in AML organisation ItalyInternal controls €60,000

An on-site inspection from February to May 2024 revealed deficiencies in organisation and internal controls relating to customer profiling, due diligence obligations and active cooperation (suspicious transaction reports). The Bank of Italy (Banca d'Italia) imposed an administrative fine of 60,000 EUR, taking into account the corrective measures taken.

What organisations can take from it

Sound customer profiling is the basis for risk-appropriate due diligence and reporting.

Authority / court
Banca d'Italia
Area of law
Money laundering and terrorist financing · Internal controls
Legal basis
Art. 62 d.lgs. 231/2007; Verstöße gegen Art. 7, 16–20, 24, 25, 35, 36 d.lgs. 231/2007
Action
Fine
Status of proceedings
unknown
Sector
Financial services and insurance
Mitigating circumstances
Corrective measures taken

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

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