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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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€138.9mTotal of monetary amounts

€138.9mLargest single case: a Swiss commodities group

€138.9mMedian per case with an amount

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Bundesanwaltschaft (BA) €138.9m 100 % · 1 case

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Bribery and corruption €138.9m 100 % · 1 case

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Anonymised companies €138.9m 100 % · 1 case

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Period	Cases	Total
2024	1	€138.9m
2025	0	–
2026	0	–

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5 Aug 2024 a Swiss commodities groupSwiss Attorney General: summary penalty order against commodities group over bribery in Congo SwitzerlandBribery of public officialsanonymised €138.9m

The group failed to take all reasonable organisational precautions to prevent the bribery of foreign public officials by a business partner in connection with the acquisition of minority stakes in two mining companies in the DR Congo in 2011. The Office of the Attorney General of Switzerland (Bundesanwaltschaft, BA) issued a summary penalty order (Strafbefehl) imposing a fine of 2 million CHF and a compensatory claim of 150 million USD (amount converted at the ECB rate of 5 August 2024: 152,357,266 USD in total); further matters from 2007–2017 were discontinued.

What organisations can take from it

Companies are also liable for bribery by business partners if they have not taken adequate due diligence and control measures.

Relevance to training and awareness

Corruption risks posed by business partners in acquisitions of stakes

Authority / court: Bundesanwaltschaft (BA)
Area of law: Bribery and corruption · Bribery of public officials
Legal basis: Art. 102 Abs. 2 StGB (Unternehmensverantwortlichkeit) i. V. m. Bestechung fremder Amtsträger; Strafbefehl
Action: Fine
Status of proceedings: unknown
Sector: Steel and metals
Employees: 10,000 or more
Culpability: intentional
Published: 5 Aug 2024

Original amount 152,357,266 USD, converted at the ECB reference rate of 5 Aug 2024.

Sources

Bundesanwaltschaft, Medienmitteilungen (Übersicht) (Entscheidung 2024) Press release of an authority
Openbaar Ministerie, Nachrichten (Übersicht) (Entscheidung 2024) Press release of an authority

Checked against the official source on 28 Sep 2026 · Version 4 · Company name anonymised since 5 Aug 2026 · Direct link

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