Compliance Radar
Who was sanctioned, and for what?
Fines, court rulings and incidents from Europe and North America: 756 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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Where?
by authority- Rechtbank Rotterdam; Anklage Openbaar Ministerie €200,000 53 % · 1 case
- Autoriteit Consument & Markt (ACM) €130,000 34 % · 1 case
- Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens (AP) €50,000 13 % · 1 case
What for?
by area of lawAll areas of law
Who?
by companyWhen?
per quarter, by date of decision| Period | Cases | Total |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2023 | 0 | — |
| Q4 2023 | 1 | €200,000 |
| Q1 2024 | 0 | — |
| Q2 2024 | 1 | €130,000 |
| Q3 2024 | 0 | — |
| Q4 2024 | 0 | — |
| Q1 2025 | 0 | — |
| Q2 2025 | 1 | €50,000 |
| Q3 2025 | 0 | — |
| Q4 2025 | 0 | — |
| Q1 2026 | 0 | — |
| Q2 2026 | 0 | — |
| Q3 2026 | 0 | — |
3 cases
27 May 2025 AS Watson (Health & Beauty Continental Europe) B.V.AP reduces cookie fine against Kruidvat operator AS Watson to 50,000 EUR after objection €50,000
The company behind the Kruidvat drugstore chain tracked visitors to Kruidvat.nl with tracking cookies without their knowledge or consent, enabling it to build profiles from location, pages visited, shopping basket and purchases. The Dutch data protection authority (Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens, AP) had imposed 600,000 EUR in 2024, upheld the objection in May 2025 and reduced the fine to 50,000 EUR.
Set tracking cookies in an online shop only after genuine consent – pre-ticked or hidden consent is not sufficient.
- Authority / court
- Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens (AP)
- Area of law
- Data protection · Cookies and tracking
- Legal basis
- Art. 6 Abs. 1 i. V. m. Art. 5 Abs. 1 lit. a DSGVO (Tracking-Cookies ohne Einwilligung)
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- reduced
- Sector
- Retail and e-commerce
- Published
- 12 Jun 2025
- Besluit op bezwaar AS Watson – Kruidvat (27 mei 2025) Decision of an authority
- Besluit boete AS Watson – Kruidvat Decision of an authority
- AP – Boete van 600.000 euro voor tracking cookies op Kruidvat.nl Press release of an authority
Checked against the official source on 25 Sep 2026 · Direct link
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2 May 2024 Leen BakkerLeen Bakker: 130,000 EUR fine for embellished reference prices €130,000
The ACM imposed fines totalling 621,000 EUR on five online retailers because they did not base discounts on the lowest price of the previous 30 days and artificially raised initial prices. The furniture and home furnishings retailer Leen Bakker received a fine of 130,000 EUR and did not acknowledge the infringement.
The reference price for a discount is the lowest price of the previous 30 days – raising prices shortly before a promotion is off-limits.
Discount advertising and reference prices
- Authority / court
- Autoriteit Consument & Markt (ACM)
- Area of law
- Consumer protection and online retail · Misleading advertising and pricing
- Legal basis
- Preisangabenregeln zur Preisermäßigung (Umsetzung Omnibus-Richtlinie, seit 1.1.2023)
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- unknown
- Sector
- Retail and e-commerce
- Published
- 11 Jun 2024
- ACM has fined online stores for using fake discounts Press release of an authority
Checked against the official source on 25 Sep 2026 · Direct link
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31 Oct 2023 Woerd-Tech BVWoerd-Tech BV: 200,000 EUR penalty for microchips to Russian defence customers €200,000
The company of a Russian-Dutch national from Gorssel sold microchips, semiconductors and other electronics to a Russian purchasing organisation with an FSB licence and to customers from the defence industry, and after the tightening of sanctions in 2022 routed shipments ostensibly via the Maldives and other countries. Following charges brought by the Dutch Public Prosecution Service (Openbaar Ministerie, OM), the Rotterdam District Court (Rechtbank Rotterdam) imposed a fine of 200,000 EUR on the BV (final after the appeals were withdrawn) and 18 months' imprisonment on the managing director (appeal proceedings pending).
Banks report suspicious Russia payments to the FIU – sham routes via third countries are uncovered in this way and hit both companies and management.
- Authority / court
- Rechtbank Rotterdam; Anklage Openbaar Ministerie
- Area of law
- Sanctions and export control · Export control and dual-use goods
- Legal basis
- Sanctiewet 1977 (EU-Russland-Sanktionen); Urkundenfälschung (valsheid in geschrifte)
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- final
- Sector
- Retail and e-commerce
- Culpability
- intentional
- Liability of senior managers
- Managing director sentenced at first instance to 18 months' imprisonment; in the appeal proceedings, the OM demanded three years and a professional ban.
- Published
- 14 Apr 2025
- OM: OM eist in hoger beroep 3 jaar celstraf en een beroepsverbod voor omzeilen EU-sancties Rusland (14.04.2025) Press release of an authority
Checked against the official source on 25 Sep 2026 · Direct link