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.
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Where?
by authority- U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) €213m 94 % · 2 cases
- U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) €10.5m 5 % · 2 cases
- U.S. Department of the Treasury, Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC); parallel U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) €2.47m 1 % · 1 case
- U.S. Department of the Treasury, Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) €52,632 0 % · 1 case
- U.S. Customs and Border Protection — 0 % · 1 case
What for?
by area of lawAll areas of law
Who?
by company- Applied Materials, Inc. und Applied Materials Korea, Ltd. €212.2m 94 % · 1 case
- Deere & Company €9m 4 % · 1 case
- Haas Automation, Inc. €2.47m 1 % · 1 case
- Moog Inc. €1.54m 1 % · 1 case
- Container Manufacturing Ltd. €857,339 0 % · 1 case
- Rice Lake Weighing Systems, Inc. €52,632 0 % · 1 case
- Giant Manufacturing Co. Ltd. — 0 % · 1 case
When?
per quarter, by date of decision| Period | Cases | Total |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2023 | 0 | — |
| Q4 2023 | 0 | — |
| Q1 2024 | 0 | — |
| Q2 2024 | 0 | — |
| Q3 2024 | 1 | €9m |
| Q4 2024 | 1 | €1.54m |
| Q1 2025 | 1 | €2.47m |
| Q2 2025 | 0 | — |
| Q3 2025 | 1 | — |
| Q4 2025 | 0 | — |
| Q1 2026 | 1 | €212.2m |
| Q2 2026 | 0 | — |
| Q3 2026 | 2 | €909,971 |
7 cases
24 Aug 2026 Container Manufacturing Ltd.Small US machinery supplier exported spare parts for can presses to Russia €857,339
Between March 2023 and March 2025, the Ohio manufacturer of presses for beverage can ends (nine employees) supplied, in ten instances, spare parts for aluminium forming tools worth around 264,700 USD – partly via the UAE and Turkey – without a licence to a Russian customer whose group also supplies defence precursors. In two instances, the company acted with knowledge of the violation; it admitted the allegations, which were brought by the US Commerce Department's Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS).
Even small businesses with few employees must check tariff codes against Russia restrictions and treat deliveries via third countries as a warning sign.
HTS-based export restrictions on Russia, diversion via third countries
Missing or inadequate training played a role in the decision.
- Authority / court
- U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS)
- Area of law
- Sanctions and export control · Export control and dual-use goods
- Legal basis
- Export Administration Regulations, § 746.8(a)(5) (HTS-Codes Supplement No. 4 to Part 746), §§ 764.2(a), 764.2(e)
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- final
- Sector
- Manufacturing and mechanical engineering
- Employees
- Under 50
- Mitigating circumstances
- Full cooperation; compliance programme subsequently expanded with screening, an approval process and additional export control training
- Published
- 24 Aug 2026
Original amount 1,000,000 USD, converted at the ECB reference rate of 24 Aug 2026.
- BIS Reaches Administrative Enforcement Settlement with Container Manufacturing Ltd. (24.08.2026) Press release of an authority
- BIS Order Relating to Container Manufacturing Ltd. Decision of an authority
Checked against the official source on 25 Sep 2026 · Direct link
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12 Aug 2026 Rice Lake Weighing Systems, Inc.Scale manufacturer Rice Lake liable for Italian subsidiary's indirect exports to Iran €52,632
In eight instances in 2019–2021, the Italian subsidiary Dini Argeo supplied weighing equipment worth around 121,500 USD to a trader in the UAE, although it knew that the goods would be passed on to a former direct Iranian customer. The parent company had passed on the Iran ban only by an English-language e-mail without explanation; the US Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) considered it a non-egregious, voluntarily self-disclosed case.
Implement sanctions requirements at foreign subsidiaries in an understandable way, in the local language and with training for all relevant employees – indirect supplies via traders are also prohibited.
Sanctions training for foreign subsidiaries, indirect supplies via third countries
Missing or inadequate training played a role in the decision.
- Authority / court
- U.S. Department of the Treasury, Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC)
- Area of law
- Sanctions and export control · Breaches of sanctions and embargoes
- Legal basis
- Iranian Transactions and Sanctions Regulations, § 560.215 (Auslandstöchter von US-Personen)
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- final
- Sector
- Manufacturing and mechanical engineering
- Culpability
- negligent
- Repeat case
- no
- Mitigating circumstances
- Voluntary self-disclosure, immediate internal investigation, low significance for turnover, no prior violations, cooperation; subsequent training of the subsidiary's employees and screening of traders
- Published
- 12 Aug 2026
Original amount 60,764 USD, converted at the ECB reference rate of 12 Aug 2026.
- OFAC Enforcement Release: Rice Lake Weighing Systems Settles with OFAC for Iran-Related Apparent Violations (12.08.2026) Decision of an authority
- OFAC – Civil Penalties and Enforcement Information Enforcement database of an authority
Checked against the official source on 25 Sep 2026 · Direct link
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11 Feb 2026 Applied Materials, Inc. und Applied Materials Korea, Ltd.Applied Materials pays 252 million USD for chip equipment exports to China €212.2m
In 2021 and 2022, Applied Materials and its Korean subsidiary exported ion implanters for semiconductor manufacturing worth around 126 million USD via Korea without a licence to a Chinese company placed on the Entity List in 2020. The penalty imposed by the US Commerce Department's Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) corresponds to twice the transaction value and thus the statutory maximum; the compliance staff and executives responsible are no longer with the company.
Routing through foreign subsidiaries does not remove the licence requirement; export control needs audits and clear accountability of management.
Entity List screening for deliveries via subsidiaries
- Authority / court
- U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS)
- Area of law
- Sanctions and export control · Export control and dual-use goods
- Legal basis
- Export Administration Regulations (Entity List)
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- final
- Sector
- Manufacturing and mechanical engineering
- Employees
- 10,000 or more
- Liability of senior managers
- According to BIS, the responsible compliance staff and senior executives from sales and production are no longer employed.
- Published
- 12 Feb 2026
Original amount 252,500,300 USD, converted at the ECB reference rate of 11 Feb 2026.
- BIS: Applied Materials to Pay $252 Million Penalty for Illegally Exporting Semiconductor Manufacturing Equipment (12.02.2026) Press release of an authority
- BIS Order Relating to Applied Materials, Inc. and Applied Materials Korea (11.02.2026) Decision of an authority
Checked against the official source on 25 Sep 2026 · Direct link
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24 Sep 2025 Giant Manufacturing Co. Ltd.CBP detains bicycles from Giant Manufacturing over forced labour Order
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) issued a Withhold Release Order: bicycles, bicycle parts and accessories from Giant Manufacturing Co. Ltd. (Taiwan) are being detained at all US ports of entry because there are indications of forced labour (ILO indicators including debt bondage, withholding of wages, excessive overtime and abusive working and living conditions). Detained shipments can be destroyed, re-exported or released upon proof of admissibility.
Recruitment fees for migrant workers are a core risk – suppliers should demonstrably bear them themselves.
- Authority / court
- U.S. Customs and Border Protection
- Area of law
- Supply chain and human rights · Forced and child labour
- Legal basis
- 19 U.S.C. § 1307 (Tariff Act of 1930, Section 307)
- Action
- Order
- Status of proceedings
- unknown
- Sector
- Manufacturing and mechanical engineering
- Published
- 24 Sep 2025
- CBP issues Withhold Release Order on Giant Manufacturing Co. Ltd. Press release of an authority
Checked against the official source on 25 Sep 2026 · Direct link
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17 Jan 2025 Haas Automation, Inc.Haas Automation: CNC parts and unlock codes for blocked Russian defence companies €2.47m
From December 2019 to March 2022, the Californian machine tool manufacturer indirectly supplied, via its dealer network, one CNC machine, 13 spare parts orders and seven unlock codes for machines of blocked Russian defence and energy companies. The US Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) imposed 1,044,781 USD (eight of the 21 violations egregious, no voluntary self-disclosure); at the same time, Haas paid 1.5 million USD to the US Commerce Department's Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS).
Spare parts and software unlock codes for machines already delivered are also services relevant to sanctions – end customers behind dealers must be known.
End-customer screening in dealer sales, software unlocks as a service
- Authority / court
- U.S. Department of the Treasury, Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC); parallel U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS)
- Area of law
- Sanctions and export control · Breaches of sanctions and embargoes
- Legal basis
- Ukraine-/Russia-Related Sanctions Regulations (31 C.F.R. part 589; E.O. 13662); Export Administration Regulations
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- final
- Sector
- Manufacturing and mechanical engineering
- Mitigating circumstances
- Substantial remedial measures and extensive cooperation
- Published
- 17 Jan 2025
Original amount 2,544,781 USD, converted at the ECB reference rate of 17 Jan 2025.
- OFAC Enforcement Release: Haas Automation, Inc. Settles with OFAC for $1,044,781 (17.01.2025) Decision of an authority
- OFAC – 2025 Enforcement Information Enforcement database of an authority
Checked against the official source on 25 Sep 2026 · Direct link
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11 Oct 2024 Moog Inc.Moog: SEC order over bribery of Indian public officials by a subsidiary €1.54m
From 2020 to 2022, employees of the Indian subsidiary of the aerospace and defence supplier bribed Indian public officials via agents and distributors, among other things to tailor tenders in Moog's favour; the payments were booked as business expenses. Payment of 504,926 USD in disgorgement, 78,889 USD in interest and a penalty of 1.1 million USD.
Even small foreign subsidiaries need effective controls over payments to distributors and agents – otherwise the listed parent company is liable under the books-and-records provisions.
Influencing tender conditions via distributors
- Authority / court
- U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
- Area of law
- Bribery and corruption · Bribery of public officials
- Legal basis
- FCPA Buchführungs- und interne Kontrollvorschriften (Sections 13(b)(2)(A)/(B) Exchange Act)
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- final
- Sector
- Manufacturing and mechanical engineering
- Culpability
- intentional
- Mitigating circumstances
- Cooperation (sharing of internal investigation findings) and remediation, including termination of employees and third parties.
- Published
- 11 Oct 2024
Original amount 1,683,815 USD, converted at the ECB reference rate of 11 Oct 2024.
- SEC Order In the Matter of Moog Inc., Release No. 101307 (11.10.2024) Decision of an authority
- SEC Enforcement Actions: FCPA Cases Enforcement database of an authority
Checked against the official source on 25 Sep 2026 · Direct link
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10 Sep 2024 Deere & CompanyDeere pays 9.9 million USD: Wirtgen Thailand bribed the air force and the highways authority €9m
From 2017 to 2020, the acquired subsidiary Wirtgen Thailand provided public officials, including officials of the Royal Thai Air Force and the Department of Highways, with cash, sham consultancy fees, luxurious "factory visit trips", meals and entertainment, and also engaged in commercial bribery. Deere is paying 4,343,401 USD in disgorgement, 1,086,954 USD in interest and a penalty of 4.5 million USD.
After acquisitions, integrate subsidiaries swiftly into the compliance programme and controls – otherwise old practices such as luxury trips for customers live on.
Travel, hospitality and entertainment for public officials
- Authority / court
- U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
- Area of law
- Bribery and corruption · Gifts, hospitality and benefits
- Legal basis
- FCPA Buchführungs- und interne Kontrollvorschriften (Sections 13(b)(2)(A)/(B) Exchange Act)
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- final
- Sector
- Manufacturing and mechanical engineering
- Employees
- 10,000 or more
- Culpability
- intentional
- Liability of senior managers
- According to the SEC, senior regional managers who have since left the company were involved (not named).
- Published
- 10 Sep 2024
Original amount 9,930,355 USD, converted at the ECB reference rate of 10 Sep 2024.
- SEC Order In the Matter of Deere & Company, Release No. 100984 (10.09.2024) Decision of an authority
- SEC Enforcement Actions: FCPA Cases Enforcement database of an authority
Checked against the official source on 25 Sep 2026 · Direct link