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Fines, court rulings and incidents from Europe, North America and Asia-Pacific: 1,838 cases from 37 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.

1case from 1 jurisdiction
€22.5mTotal of monetary amounts
€22.5mLargest single case: Banco Santander, S.A.
€22.5mMedian per case with an amount

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1 case

5 Dec 2025 Banco Santander, S.A.Paris prosecutor: Banco Santander pays €22.5m over money laundering at a Paris branch FranceMoney laundering and terrorist financing €22.5m

Banco Santander undertook to pay a public interest fine of 22,500,000 EUR in a CJIP (convention judiciaire d'intérêt public, French deferred prosecution agreement) with the Paris public prosecutor. The investigation, triggered by a complaint from the bank itself, uncovered an illegal clearing system at a Paris branch: company cheques were paid into private clients' accounts and cash was handed out outside the banking system, with credits of around 49 million EUR between 2003 and 2010. The agreement was validated on 5 December 2025.

What organisations can take from it

Branches need transaction monitoring that immediately flags company cheques paid into private accounts and unusual cash withdrawals.

Relevance to training and awareness

Detecting suspicious cheque and cash flows at branches

Authority / court
Parquet de Paris (Procureure de la République, JIRS); Validierung durch den Präsidenten des Tribunal judiciaire de Paris
Area of law
Money laundering and terrorist financing
Legal basis
Art. 41-1-2, 180-2 Code de procédure pénale (blanchiment aggravé)
Action
Fine
Status of proceedings
final
Sector
Financial services and insurance
Employees
10,000 or more
Published
5 Dec 2025

Checked against the official source on 2 Oct 2026 · Direct link

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