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Fines, court rulings and incidents from Europe and North America: 1,370 cases from 35 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.

2cases from 1 jurisdiction
€11.5mTotal of monetary amounts
€10.2mLargest single case: Harman International Industries, Inc.
€5.73mMedian per case with an amount

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2 cases

26 Nov 2025 Harman International Industries, Inc.Harman pays 11.8 million USD – anti-dumping duty on aluminium heat sinks not paid USACustoms €10.2m

The audio electronics group (brands include Harman Kardon and JBL) allegedly imported heat sinks made of Chinese extruded aluminium from 2011 to 2023 without paying the anti-dumping and countervailing duties owed; after the failure was brought to its attention, the company allegedly did not disclose it. The settlement of 11,809,628 USD resolves a whistleblower lawsuit (share around 2.3 million USD).

What organisations can take from it

Disclose customs errors voluntarily once identified – concealment turns an oversight into deliberate deception; build corrective filings into the process.

Relevance to training and awareness

Anti-dumping duties on components and disclosure of identified errors

Authority / court
U.S. Attorney’s Office Eastern District of Michigan (Department of Justice) mit CBP und Department of Commerce
Area of law
Sanctions and export control · Customs
Legal basis
False Claims Act, 31 U.S.C. §§ 3729 ff. (Vergleich; Haftung nicht festgestellt)
Action
Other
Status of proceedings
final
Sector
Manufacturing and mechanical engineering
Published
26 Nov 2025

Original amount 11,809,628 USD, converted at the ECB reference rate of 26 Nov 2025.

Checked against the official source on 28 Sep 2026 · Direct link

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25 Jun 2025 Harman International Industries, Inc.OFAC: USD 1.45 million settlement with Harman over diversion of products to Iran via a UAE distributor USABreaches of sanctions and embargoes €1.25m

Audio electronics group Harman International Industries, Inc. of Connecticut is paying USD 1,454,145 under a settlement with OFAC for eleven apparent violations of the Iran sanctions. According to OFAC's findings, from May 2018 to October 2020 its long-standing distributor in the United Arab Emirates sold Harman products to customers in Iran with the knowledge and support of 13 UK-based employees of its US subsidiary Harman Professional, Inc.; their conduct is attributable to Harman. OFAC treated the apparent violations as egregious but voluntarily self-disclosed; the base penalty was USD 2,077,350. Harman satisfies USD 400,000 of the settlement amount by investing in additional sanctions controls. OFAC signed the settlement agreement on 25 June 2025 and published it on 8 July 2025. Source: U.S. Department of the Treasury, Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), enforcement release "Harman International Industries, Inc. Settles with OFAC for $1,454,145 Related to Apparent Violations of Iranian Transactions and Sanctions Regulations", 8 July 2025, https://ofac.treasury.gov/media/934471/download?inline; summarised in our own words.

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, 31 C.F.R. § 560.204(a) (elf mutmaßliche Verstöße); Vergleich nach den Economic Sanctions Enforcement Guidelines, 31 C.F.R. part 501, app. A
Action
Fine
Status of proceedings
final
Sector
Manufacturing and mechanical engineering
Published
8 Jul 2025

Original amount 1,454,145 USD, converted at the ECB reference rate of 25 Jun 2025.

Checked against the official source on 28 Sep 2026 · Version 3 · Direct link

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