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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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by authority- Controladoria-Geral da União (CGU) €11.7m 95 % · 2 cases
- Conselho Administrativo de Defesa Econômica (CADE), Tribunal Administrativo €602,767 5 % · 2 cases
What for?
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Who?
by companyWhen?
per year, by date of decision| Period | Cases | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 1 | €138,680 |
| 2024 | 1 | €4.06m |
| 2025 | 2 | €8.12m |
| 2026 | 0 | – |
4 cases
9 Apr 2025 Conselho Federal de Fisioterapia e Terapia Ocupacional (COFFITO)CADE: physiotherapy federal council COFFITO fined BRL 3.1m over price tables €464,087
The CADE Tribunal convicted the federal council of physiotherapists and occupational therapists because, through resolutions, rulings and annually updated reference tables, it had set binding minimum prices for the services of members of the profession and thereby encouraged uniform market conduct. In addition to a fine of 3,103,583.65 BRL, COFFITO must refrain from binding price tables, remove all references to them from its websites (penalty of 5,000.00 BRL per day) and publish the decision on its website and social media; proceedings against the regional council for the 15th region are suspended owing to a settlement. The amount and the facts have not been confirmed against the primary source.
Professional chambers and associations must not impose binding price tables on their members.
Fee and price recommendations by professional chambers
- Authority / court
- Conselho Administrativo de Defesa Econômica (CADE), Tribunal Administrativo
- Area of law
- Competition law · Cartels and collusion
- Legal basis
- Lei nº 12.529/2011; Art. 38 und 39 (Nebenanordnungen)
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- unknown
- Sector
- Healthcare
- Published
- 10 Apr 2025
Original amount 3,103,583.65 BRL, converted at the ECB reference rate of 9 Apr 2025.
- Diário Oficial da União, 16.04.2025, Seção 1, S. 78: Ata da 245ª Sessão Ordinária de Julgamento (09.04.2025), PA nº 08700.003473/2021-16 Official register or notice
- CADE, 10.04.2025: Tribunal do Cade condena Conselho de Fisioterapia por tabelamento de preços em serviços profissionais Press release of an authority
Checked against the official source on 3 Oct 2026 · Direct link
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23 Jan 2025 Associação da Irmandade da Santa Casa de Misericórdia de PacaembuSanta Casa de Pacaembu: BRL 47.4m for fraud in hospital management contracts €7.65m
The Controladoria-Geral da União (CGU, Office of the Comptroller General) imposed on the Associação da Irmandade da Santa Casa de Misericórdia de Pacaembu, an association operating as a healthcare social organisation (Organização Social), a fine of BRL 47,391,386.87, extraordinary publication of the decision and a declaration of unsuitability for public contracts. According to the final report, the association rigged the selection procedure for managing the Hangar field hospital in Belém (Pará), committed fraud in performing the management contract for a regional hospital in Belém and used front persons and companies to conceal its real interests.
Associations that run hospitals on behalf of the state are also liable under the Anti-Corruption Law, and their leaders can be held personally liable.
Integrity in selection procedures and management contracts in healthcare
- Authority / court
- Controladoria-Geral da União (CGU)
- Area of law
- Bribery and corruption
- Legal basis
- Lei nº 12.846/2013, Art. 5 III und IV b und d, Art. 6, Art. 14; Lei nº 8.666/1993, Art. 87 IV und Art. 88 II und III
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- final
- Sector
- Healthcare
- Liability of senior managers
- Measures against individuals are not set out here.
- Published
- 28 Jan 2025
Original amount 47,391,386.87 BRL, converted at the ECB reference rate of 23 Jan 2025.
- DOU Seção 1 Nr. 19 vom 28.01.2025 (Faksimile, CGU Base de Conhecimento): Decisão nº 41 de 23.1.2025, PAR 00190.106781/2022-79 Decision of an authority
- DOU: CGU Decisão nº 58 de 2.3.2026 (Reconsiderações abgelehnt, Wirkungen der Decisão nº 41 bestätigt) Decision of an authority
- CGU: Relatório Final, PAR 00190.106781/2022-79 (Santa Casa de Pacaembu) Decision of an authority
Checked against the official source on 3 Oct 2026 · Direct link
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9 Jan 2024 a Brazilian healthcare services companyHealthcare services company: BRL 21.7m and debarment over medicine contracts €4.06m
The Controladoria-Geral da União (CGU, Office of the Comptroller General) imposed on a healthcare services company a fine of BRL 21,697,740.49, extraordinary publication of the decision and a declaration of unsuitability for public contracts. According to the final report, in Ministry of Health tenders for medicines for rare diseases (Aldurazyme, Myozyme, Fabrazyme) the company had submitted bids without being authorised to market these products, failed to deliver the agreed quantities on time and appropriated advance payments to the detriment of the Treasury. The CGU rejected its request for reconsideration on 15 June 2025.
In public tenders, companies may only offer what they are legally and practically able to deliver.
Bidding and contract performance in public procurement
- Authority / court
- Controladoria-Geral da União (CGU)
- Area of law
- Bribery and corruption
- Legal basis
- Lei nº 12.846/2013, Art. 5 IV b und d, Art. 6; Lei nº 8.666/1993, Art. 87 IV und Art. 88 II und III
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- final
- Sector
- Healthcare
- Published
- 12 Jan 2024
Original amount 21,697,740.49 BRL, converted at the ECB reference rate of 9 Jan 2024.
- Controladoria-Geral da União (CGU), Veröffentlichung der Behörde (Entscheidung 2024) Decision of an authority
Checked against the official source on 7 Oct 2026 · Company name anonymised since 9 Jan 2026 · Direct link
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16 Aug 2023 a Brazilian professional council of dentistsCADE fines Brazilian dentists’ council for banning discount cards €138,680
The Tribunal of the Conselho Administrativo de Defesa Econômica (CADE, Brazilian competition authority) unanimously fined the federal council of dentists 752,700 BRL because its rules (Resolution No. 118/2012) prohibited dentists from granting discounts and accepting discount cards. The council must amend the resolution within 180 days, close disciplinary proceedings based on it within 90 days and publish the decision on its website for 90 days; non-compliance carries a penalty of 10,000 BRL per day and per breach. The proceedings against a regional council were suspended because of a settlement (TCC).
Professional councils and associations are also subject to competition law when their professional rules restrict price competition among their members.
Competition law limits on professional and ethics rules
- Authority / court
- Conselho Administrativo de Defesa Econômica (CADE), Tribunal Administrativo
- Area of law
- Competition law · Cartels and collusion
- Legal basis
- Lei nº 12.529/2011 (Lei de Defesa da Concorrência), Nebenanordnungen nach Art. 38 und 39
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- unknown
- Sector
- Healthcare
- Published
- 16 Aug 2023
Original amount 752,700 BRL, converted at the ECB reference rate of 16 Aug 2023.
Checked against the official source on 7 Oct 2026 · Company name anonymised since 16 Aug 2025 · Direct link