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Who was sanctioned, and for what?
Fines, court rulings and incidents from Europe, North America, Latin America, Asia-Pacific, Middle East and Africa: 2,207 cases from 44 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- Competition Tribunal of South Africa (auf Antrag der Competition Commission) €1.79m 99 % · 2 cases
- High Court Johannesburg (Gauteng) (Ermittlungen u. a. Department of Employment and Labour) €14,584 1 % · 1 case
What for?
by area of lawAll areas of law
Who?
by company- Anonymised companies €1.79m 99 % · 2 cases
- Beautiful City (Pty) Ltd €14,584 1 % · 1 case
When?
per year, by date of decision| Period | Cases | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 2 | €1.79m |
| 2025 | 1 | €14,584 |
| 2026 | 0 | – |
3 cases
10 Sep 2025 Beautiful City (Pty) LtdHuman trafficking and child labour: fine for Beautiful City factory €14,584
On 10 September 2025 the High Court in Johannesburg fined Beautiful City (Pty) Ltd, a factory making cotton fibre products in Village Deep (Johannesburg), 300,000 ZAR. A joint inspection by the Department of Employment and Labour (labour ministry), the police and the Department of Home Affairs (home affairs ministry) in November 2019 had found mainly foreign workers without residence rights, including minors, on locked premises; the court noted, among other things, wages below the national minimum wage, failure to register with the Compensation Fund and the UIF, and an unsafe workplace.
Forced labour, child labour and human trafficking in manufacturing
- Authority / court
- High Court Johannesburg (Gauteng) (Ermittlungen u. a. Department of Employment and Labour)
- Area of law
- Supply chain and human rights · Forced and child labour
- Legal basis
- Straftatbestände Menschenhandel, Beihilfe zum Menschenhandel, Schuldknechtschaft und Nutznießung aus Menschenhandel; Verstöße gegen Vorschriften zu Unemployment Insurance Fund, Compensation for Occupational Injuries and Diseases Act, National Minimum Wage und Occupational Health and Safety; Beihilfe zum illegalen Aufenthalt (laut Department of Employment and Labour, ohne Paragrafenangaben)
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- unknown
- Sector
- Manufacturing and mechanical engineering
- Liability of senior managers
- Measures against individuals are not set out here.
- Published
- 10 Sep 2025
Original amount 300,000 ZAR, converted at the ECB reference rate of 10 Sep 2025.
- Department of Employment and Labour, media statement of 10 September 2025 Press release of an authority
- Department of Employment and Labour: Seven Chinese nationals plus their company charged with human trafficking and child labour found guilty (25.02.2025) Press release of an authority
Checked against the official source on 4 Oct 2026 · Direct link
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14 Aug 2024 a South African packaging paper manufacturerCompetition Tribunal: packaging paper manufacturer pays ZAR 21.3m over collusion allegations €1.07m
According to the Competition Commission's investigation, the manufacturer and a competitor had agreed since around 1998 not to compete for each other's traditional customers for packaging paper, coordinated bids and met regularly for that purpose; they also allegedly fixed prices when buying recyclable paper. In a settlement without admission of liability, the manufacturer pays ZAR 21,298,478.38 in three instalments and introduces a compliance programme.
Where companies are both suppliers and competitors, discussions must stay strictly confined to the supply relationship; agreements about 'traditional' customers amount to customer allocation.
Customer allocation and bid coordination between suppliers and competitors
- Authority / court
- Competition Tribunal of South Africa (auf Antrag der Competition Commission)
- Area of law
- Competition law · Cartels and collusion
- Legal basis
- Competition Act 89 of 1998, s. 4(1)(b)(i), (ii) und (iii); ss. 49D, 58(1)(a)(iii), 58(1)(b)
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- final
- Sector
- Manufacturing and mechanical engineering
- Mitigating circumstances
- Settlement without admission of liability; payment in instalments.
- Published
- 14 Aug 2024
Original amount 21,298,478.38 ZAR, converted at the ECB reference rate of 14 Aug 2024.
Checked against the official source on 8 Oct 2026 · Company name anonymised since 14 Aug 2026 · Direct link
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26 Jul 2024 a Dutch manufacturer of inverters and chargersCompetition Tribunal: ZAR 14.2m against inverter maker over online resale price maintenance €718,378
The Dutch manufacturer of inverters and chargers allegedly ensured through its distributors, from March 2020 until at least the end of 2022, that online retailers granted no more than 10–15% discount on recommended retail prices, under threat of reduced discounts or cut-off of supply (minimum resale price maintenance). In a settlement without admission of liability, the manufacturer pays ZAR 14,232,581 and must introduce a compliance programme including training on resale price maintenance.
A price recommendation described as non-binding becomes prohibited resale price maintenance as soon as discount limits are enforced with threats concerning supply or terms.
Recommended retail prices and discount limits imposed on resellers
Missing or inadequate training played a role in the decision.
- Authority / court
- Competition Tribunal of South Africa (auf Antrag der Competition Commission)
- Area of law
- Competition law · Cartels and collusion
- Legal basis
- Competition Act 89 of 1998, s. 5(2); ss. 49D, 58(1)(a)(iii), 58(1)(b), 59
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- final
- Sector
- Manufacturing and mechanical engineering
- Mitigating circumstances
- Settlement without admission of liability; the manufacturer pointed to the lack of after-sales support with cut-price offers.
- Published
- 17 Sep 2024
Original amount 14,232,581 ZAR, converted at the ECB reference rate of 26 Jul 2024.
Checked against the official source on 8 Oct 2026 · Company name anonymised since 26 Jul 2026 · Direct link