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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.

DACHGermanyManufacturing and mechanical engineering Clear all filters
5cases from 1 jurisdiction
€1.35mTotal of monetary amounts (3 cases with an amount)
€620,000Largest single case: VARTA AG
€453,000Median per case with an amount

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Where?

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  1. Bundesanstalt für Finanzdienstleistungsaufsicht (BaFin) €900,000 67 % · 3 cases
  2. Bundeskartellamt €453,000 33 % · 1 case
  3. Oberlandesgericht Stuttgart, 2. Strafsenat (Az. 2 St 3 BJs 48/22) — 0 % · 1 case

What for?

by area of law

All areas of law

  1. Capital markets and financial supervision €900,000 67 % · 3 cases
  2. Competition law €453,000 33 % · 1 case
  3. Sanctions and export control — 0 % · 1 case

Who?

by company
  1. VARTA AG €620,000 46 % · 1 case
  2. CalPlus GmbH, Elektronik-Kontor Messtechnik GmbH, TVW Meßtechnik GmbH €453,000 33 % · 1 case
  3. KION Group AG €280,000 21 % · 1 case
  4. MTU Aero Engines AG — 0 % · 1 case

When?

per quarter, by date of decision
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Q4 20231€280,000
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Q4 20241—
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Q2 20261€620,000
Q3 20261€453,000

5 cases

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15 Jul 2026 CalPlus GmbH, Elektronik-Kontor Messtechnik GmbH, TVW Meßtechnik GmbHBundeskartellamt: 453,000 EUR against distributors of test and measuring equipment GermanyCartels and collusion €453,000

From 2016 to 2022, three distributors of test and measuring equipment coordinated discounts as essential price components and informed each other of customer contacts, usually with a request for "restraint". This was evidenced by more than 400 emails; the proceedings ended in settlements.

What organisations can take from it

Small distributors are liable too: merely asking a competitor to "hold back" with a customer is a prohibited customer allocation agreement.

Relevance to training and awareness

Email contacts with competitors about customers and discounts

Authority / court
Bundeskartellamt
Area of law
Competition law · Cartels and collusion
Legal basis
§ 1 GWB
Action
Fine
Status of proceedings
final
Sector
Manufacturing and mechanical engineering
Mitigating circumstances
Settlement; cooperation by Elektronik-Kontor Messtechnik taken into account
Published
15 Jul 2026
Sources

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23 Jun 2026 VARTA AGVARTA: late ad hoc announcement and missing half-yearly financial report GermanyDisclosure and reporting obligations €620,000

BaFin imposed fines on the battery manufacturer because it had not disclosed inside information without delay and had not published the half-yearly financial report for the 2024 financial year.

What organisations can take from it

Ad hoc assessments and periodic disclosure require fixed responsibilities and deadline controls so that neither inside information nor mandatory reports are left pending.

Authority / court
Bundesanstalt für Finanzdienstleistungsaufsicht (BaFin)
Area of law
Capital markets and financial supervision · Disclosure and reporting obligations
Legal basis
Art. 17 Abs. 1 UAbs. 1 MAR; § 115 Abs. 1 Satz 1 WpHG
Action
Fine
Status of proceedings
final
Sector
Manufacturing and mechanical engineering
Published
1 Jul 2026
Sources

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7 Nov 2024 Seven years' imprisonment: machine tools for sniper rifles to Russian arms manufacturer GermanyBreaches of sanctions and embargoes Custodial sentence

In 2015, despite the Russia embargo, the 56-year-old managing director of a Baden-Württemberg machine tool company and a Swiss holding company supplied six machine tools with accessories to a Russian arms manufacturer for the series production of sniper rifles, and concealed the recipient and intended use. The 2nd Criminal Division of the Stuttgart Higher Regional Court (Oberlandesgericht Stuttgart, Ref. 2 St 3 BJs 48/22) imposed an aggregate sentence of seven years' imprisonment; around 3 million EUR was confiscated from the holding company and 2.1 million EUR from the defendant (of which 674,000 EUR jointly and severally). Not final.

What organisations can take from it

Embargo breaches with a defence connection are prosecuted as state security cases – even years later and with confiscation from foreign holding companies.

Authority / court
Oberlandesgericht Stuttgart, 2. Strafsenat (Az. 2 St 3 BJs 48/22)
Area of law
Sanctions and export control · Breaches of sanctions and embargoes
Legal basis
§§ 17, 18 Außenwirtschaftsgesetz i. V. m. Beschluss 2014/512/GASP und Verordnung (EU) Nr. 833/2014
Action
Custodial sentence
Status of proceedings
unknown
Sector
Manufacturing and mechanical engineering
Culpability
intentional
Liability of senior managers
Managing director personally sentenced to seven years' imprisonment.
Published
7 Nov 2024
Sources

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1 Mar 2024 MTU Aero Engines AGMTU Aero Engines: inside information not disclosed without delay GermanyDisclosure and reporting obligations overturned

BaFin imposed a fine of 510,000 EUR on the engine manufacturer because it allegedly had not disclosed inside information without delay. Following an objection by the company, the Local Court of Frankfurt am Main (Amtsgericht) discontinued the proceedings on 21 January 2025 pursuant to Section 47 (2) OWiG (German Administrative Offences Act).

What organisations can take from it

Document the ad hoc assessment in such a way that the company can later substantiate its decision on the timing and content of a disclosure.

Relevance to training and awareness

Ad hoc disclosure: recognising inside information and disclosing it without delay

Authority / court
Bundesanstalt für Finanzdienstleistungsaufsicht (BaFin)
Area of law
Capital markets and financial supervision · Disclosure and reporting obligations
Legal basis
Art. 17 Abs. 1 UAbs. 1 MAR
Action
Fine
Status of proceedings
overturned
Sector
Manufacturing and mechanical engineering
Published
20 Mar 2024

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7 Dec 2023 KION Group AGKION Group: ad hoc disclosure obligation breached, fine final GermanyDisclosure and reporting obligations €280,000

The intralogistics and forklift truck group had not disclosed inside information. BaFin imposed a fine of 280,000 EUR, which has been final since January 2024.

What organisations can take from it

Escalate potential inside information to the ad hoc disclosure committee immediately, not at the next reporting date.

Relevance to training and awareness

Ad hoc disclosure: recognising inside information and disclosing it without delay

Authority / court
Bundesanstalt für Finanzdienstleistungsaufsicht (BaFin)
Area of law
Capital markets and financial supervision · Disclosure and reporting obligations
Legal basis
Art. 17 Abs. 1 UAbs. 1 MAR
Action
Fine
Status of proceedings
final
Sector
Manufacturing and mechanical engineering
Published
21 Dec 2023
Sources

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