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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- HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) / Export Control Joint Unit €7.48m 95 % · 1 case
- Bournemouth Crown Court (Anklage: Office for Product Safety and Standards (OPSS), Department for Business and Trade) €368,909 5 % · 1 case
- Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) — 0 % · 1 case
What for?
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Who?
by companyWhen?
per quarter, by date of decision| Period | Cases | Total |
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| Q3 2023 | 0 | — |
| Q4 2023 | 0 | — |
| Q1 2024 | 0 | — |
| Q2 2024 | 0 | — |
| Q3 2024 | 0 | — |
| Q4 2024 | 1 | €368,909 |
| Q1 2025 | 0 | — |
| Q2 2025 | 1 | — |
| Q3 2025 | 0 | — |
| Q4 2025 | 0 | — |
| Q1 2026 | 0 | — |
| Q2 2026 | 0 | — |
| Q3 2026 | 1 | €7.48m |
3 cases
30 Jul 2026 Airbus Operations LimitedAirbus Operations pays 6.4 million GBP for export control breaches in technology transfer €7.48m
Over an extended period before November 2022, Airbus Operations Ltd breached the Export Control Order 2008: transfers of controlled technology under three open general export licences (OGEL) were not correctly documented, required registers were missing, and one individual licence was not complied with. The case came to light through voluntary disclosure and was concluded by HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) by way of a compound settlement (date of publication).
Technology transfers by e-mail or data room are also exports – conditions, registers and records of general licences must be put into practice day to day.
Licence conditions and record-keeping obligations in technology transfer
- Authority / court
- HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) / Export Control Joint Unit
- Area of law
- Sanctions and export control · Export control and dual-use goods
- Legal basis
- Export Control Order 2008, Art. 29(2) und 29(3) (Auflagen und Register bei OGELs) sowie Auflage einer SIEL; Straftaten nach Art. 38(1)(a) und (b); Compound Settlement durch HMRC
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- final
- Sector
- Manufacturing and mechanical engineering
- Employees
- 10,000 or more
- Mitigating circumstances
- Voluntary disclosure, full cooperation, remedial measures
- Published
- 30 Jul 2026
Original amount 6,409,388 GBP, converted at the ECB reference rate of 30 Jul 2026.
- Notice to exporters 2026/17: company named in compound settlement for breaches of export control Press release of an authority
Checked against the official source on 25 Sep 2026 · Direct link
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17 Jun 2025 Safran S.A.Safran/Collins: clearance only in exchange for sale of actuation businesses Order
The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) found that Safran’s acquisition of part of the actuation and flight control business of Collins Aerospace (RTX) would result in a substantial lessening of competition in horizontal stabiliser trim actuators. Clearance was granted only in return for the undertaking to divest Safran’s North American actuation business, including sites in Mexico, California and Canada, to a pre-approved purchaser (Woodward).
In acquisitions in concentrated supply markets, prepare remedies including a buyer early – here the CMA required an upfront buyer.
- Authority / court
- Competition and Markets Authority (CMA)
- Area of law
- Competition law · Merger control
- Legal basis
- Enterprise Act 2002, s. 73 (Undertakings in lieu of reference)
- Action
- Order
- Status of proceedings
- final
- Sector
- Manufacturing and mechanical engineering
- Employees
- 10,000 or more
- Published
- 23 Jun 2025
- CMA case page: Safran / Collins merger inquiry Official register or notice
- CMA: Decision on acceptance of undertakings in lieu of reference (ME/7081/23) Decision of an authority
Checked against the official source on 25 Sep 2026 · Direct link
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22 Nov 2024 Sunseeker International LimitedSunseeker: 240,000 GBP fine and confiscation over Myanmar teak without due diligence €368,909
Between April 2021 and July 2022, the yacht builder imported eleven consignments of timber from the EU, including teak from Myanmar, without being able to demonstrate that the risk of illegal logging was negligible; its due diligence system was not maintained and documents were missing. Following a guilty plea, the Bournemouth Crown Court imposed a fine of 240,000 GBP and a confiscation of 66,950.64 GBP (plus costs of 51,619.96 GBP).
For timber from high-risk countries such as Myanmar, the risk can practically never be reduced to a negligible level – purchasing and design should switch to alternatives.
Due diligence for high-risk timber (Myanmar teak)
- Authority / court
- Bournemouth Crown Court (Anklage: Office for Product Safety and Standards (OPSS), Department for Business and Trade)
- Area of law
- Supply chain and human rights · Supply chain due diligence
- Legal basis
- Timber and Timber Products (Placing on the Market) Regulations 2013, Regulations 4(b), 4(c), 4(d)/4(e); Proceeds of Crime Act 2002
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- final
- Sector
- Manufacturing and mechanical engineering
Original amount 306,950.64 GBP, converted at the ECB reference rate of 22 Nov 2024.
- OPSS enforcement actions 1 October 2024 to 31 March 2025 Enforcement database of an authority
Checked against the official source on 25 Sep 2026 · Direct link