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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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Who?
by company- Perfectus Aluminum Inc., Perfectus Aluminum Acquisitions LLC und vier verbundene Lagergesellschaften €468.1m 86 % · 1 case
- Ceratizit USA LLC €46.4m 9 % · 1 case
- Farjess Inc. und Royal Canadian Steel Inc. €16.4m 3 % · 1 case
- W International LLC; W International SC LLC; Precision Metal Equipment Handling LLC €9.11m 2 % · 1 case
- Anonymised companies €545,332 0 % · 4 cases
- Jindal Tubular USA LLC €425,293 0 % · 1 case
- All FAB Precision Sheetmetal, Inc. €180,168 0 % · 1 case
- Fostermation Inc. €58,430 0 % · 1 case
- Serbia Zijin Copper D.O.O. – 0 % · 1 case
- Xinjiang Zijin Zinc Industry Co., Ltd. – 0 % · 1 case
When?
per year, by date of decision| Period | Cases | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 5 | €970,625 |
| 2025 | 3 | €46.5m |
| 2026 | 5 | €493.8m |
13 cases
16 Jun 2026 Serbia Zijin Copper D.O.O.CBP import stop for copper from Serbia Zijin Copper over forced labour indicators Order
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) issued a Withhold Release Order: copper and copper products from Serbia Zijin Copper D.O.O. (Serbia) are being detained at all US ports of entry because there are indications of forced labour (ILO indicators including withholding of wages, intimidation, restriction of movement and retention of identity documents).
Production in Europe is no free pass either: raw material and metal supply chains need their own forced labour checks.
- Authority / court
- U.S. Customs and Border Protection
- Area of law
- Supply chain and human rights · Forced and child labour
- Legal basis
- 19 U.S.C. § 1307 (Tariff Act of 1930, Section 307)
- Action
- Order
- Status of proceedings
- unknown
- Sector
- Steel and metals
- Published
- 16 Jun 2026
- CBP issues Withhold Release Order on Serbia Zijin Copper D.O.O. Press release of an authority
Checked against the official source on 25 Sep 2026 · Direct link
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20 May 2026 Farjess Inc. und Royal Canadian Steel Inc.Canadian steel companies pay 19 million USD – steel from Asia and Europe declared as Canadian €16.4m
Two Canadian steel companies allegedly declared flat-rolled steel from China, Indonesia, Italy, Turkey and Vietnam to US customs as being of Canadian or US origin from May 2019 to January 2025. The settlement of 19 million USD (a joint payment with a further settling party) resolves the lawsuit of a customs broker, who receives around 3.61 million USD.
Base origin declarations in cross-border trade on mill certificates – and take note that your own customs broker is often the first to spot inconsistencies.
Proof of origin in steel trading
- Authority / court
- U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Division, und U.S. Attorney’s Office Eastern District of Michigan
- 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
- Steel and metals
- Liability of senior managers
- Measures against individuals are not reported here.
- Published
- 20 May 2026
Original amount 19,000,000 USD, converted at the ECB reference rate of 20 May 2026.
Checked against the official source on 28 Sep 2026 · Version 2 · Direct link
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12 May 2026 Perfectus Aluminum Inc., Perfectus Aluminum Acquisitions LLC und vier verbundene LagergesellschaftenPerfectus Aluminum: 549.5 million USD – aluminium extrusions imported as sham pallets €468.1m
From July 2011 to June 2014, the companies imported more than 2.2 million Chinese aluminium extrusions that had merely been spot-welded into “pallets”, and declared them as finished goods not subject to anti-dumping and countervailing duties – there were never any buyers for the pallets. A jury had already convicted the companies in 2021 of, among other things, conspiracy to defraud the United States; the civil settlement of 549.5 million USD resolves several whistleblower lawsuits.
Do not use minimal processing to declare goods as finished products outside the scope of anti-dumping duties – that is duty evasion; classify goods according to what they actually are.
Tariff classification and evasion of anti-dumping duties
- Authority / court
- U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Division, und U.S. Attorney’s Office Central District of California
- Area of law
- Sanctions and export control · Customs
- Legal basis
- False Claims Act, 31 U.S.C. §§ 3729 ff. (zivilrechtlicher Vergleich)
- Action
- Other
- Status of proceedings
- final
- Sector
- Steel and metals
- Culpability
- intentional
- Published
- 12 May 2026
Original amount 549,500,000 USD, converted at the ECB reference rate of 12 May 2026.
Checked against the official source on 28 Sep 2026 · Direct link
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17 Mar 2026 W International LLC; W International SC LLC; Precision Metal Equipment Handling LLCW International pays 10.5 million USD for overpriced welding tables for Air Force and Navy €9.11m
The metal fabrication companies allegedly knowingly overcharged the Air Force and the Navy for welding tables for the modernisation of a large welding facility; the project was financed in part with funds under the Defense Production Act. The settlement under the False Claims Act amounts to 10.5 million USD (a joint payment with a further settling party); a former employee received 1,863,750 USD as a whistleblower.
Price information provided to public contracting authorities must be calculated on a sound basis; internal whistleblowers regularly bring such cases to the authorities.
- Authority / court
- U.S. Department of Justice (Civil Division) / USAO District of South Carolina
- Area of law
- Other
- Legal basis
- False Claims Act (31 U.S.C. §§ 3729 ff.)
- Action
- Other
- Status of proceedings
- final
- Sector
- Steel and metals
- Liability of senior managers
- Measures against individuals are not reported here.
- Published
- 17 Mar 2026
Original amount 10,500,000 USD, converted at the ECB reference rate of 17 Mar 2026.
Checked against the official source on 28 Sep 2026 · Version 3 · Direct link
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26 Feb 2026 All FAB Precision Sheetmetal, Inc.Sheet metal fabricator: second amputation on the same press brake – Cal/OSHA $212,850 €180,168
In June 2025, an employee in San Jose lost a finger on a press brake without guarding – identical to an accident in June 2024 for which the business had already been fined $43,500. The California Division of Occupational Safety and Health (Cal/OSHA) imposed $212,850 (including a wilful repeat violation); the employer appealed.
After an accident, retrofitting the machine is mandatory – an identical second accident will be treated as wilful.
- Authority / court
- California Division of Occupational Safety and Health (Cal/OSHA)
- Area of law
- Health and safety and employment law · Workplace safety and accidents
- Legal basis
- California Code of Regulations, Title 8 (Maschinenschutz)
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- under appeal
- Sector
- Steel and metals
- Culpability
- intentional
- Repeat case
- yes
- Published
- 26 Feb 2026
Original amount 212,850 USD, converted at the ECB reference rate of 26 Feb 2026.
- Cal/OSHA cites San Jose sheet metal company more than $212,000 following amputation accident (DIR) Press release of an authority
Checked against the official source on 25 Sep 2026 · Direct link
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18 Dec 2025 Ceratizit USA LLCCeratizit USA: 54.4 million USD for misdeclared carbide products from China €46.4m
The distributor of tungsten carbide products allegedly transshipped Chinese goods via Taiwan and declared them as Taiwanese (2020–2024), misclassified products (2015–2024) and distributed goods without country-of-origin marking. The settlement of 54.4 million USD resolves a whistleblower lawsuit; the whistleblower receives around 9.75 million USD.
Treat origin, tariff classification and marking as three separate obligations – customs compliance that checks only one of them leaves the other risks open.
Tariff classification, origin declarations and origin marking
- Authority / court
- U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Division, und U.S. Attorney’s Office Eastern District of Michigan
- 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
- Steel and metals
- Published
- 18 Dec 2025
Original amount 54,400,000 USD, converted at the ECB reference rate of 18 Dec 2025.
- Ceratizit USA LLC Agrees to Pay $54.4M to Settle False Claims Act Allegations Relating to Evaded Customs Duties Press release of an authority
Checked against the official source on 28 Sep 2026 · Direct link
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12 May 2025 Fostermation Inc.Fostermation: USD 64,892 for child labour and machine guarding failures €58,430
After a 16-year-old lost a thumb tip on a forming machine at metal components maker Fostermation in Meadville (Pennsylvania) in May 2024, the Wage and Hour Division and OSHA found breaches of child labour regulations and six serious and one other health and safety violation, including missing machine guards and deficient lockout/tagout procedures. The company paid 50,192 USD in civil money penalties for the child labour violations and 14,700 USD under a settlement with OSHA, a total of 64,892 USD. The authority allegedly made the findings set out here; this account is not based on a final judgment.
Minors must not operate hazardous forming machines – work schedules for young workers need a separate check against prohibited tasks.
Deploying minors on hazardous machinery
- Authority / court
- U.S. Department of Labor – Wage and Hour Division (WHD) und Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)
- Area of law
- Health and safety and employment law · Workplace safety and accidents
- Legal basis
- Bundesrechtliche Kinderarbeitsvorschriften (Vollzug durch die Wage and Hour Division); OSHA-Standards zu Maschinenschutz und Lockout/Tagout
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- final
- Sector
- Steel and metals
- Published
- 12 May 2025
Original amount 64,892 USD, converted at the ECB reference rate of 12 May 2025.
Checked against the official source on 3 Oct 2026 · Direct link
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15 Jan 2025 Xinjiang Zijin Zinc Industry Co., Ltd.UFLPA list: zinc producer Xinjiang Zijin Zinc Industry added Order
The U.S. Forced Labor Enforcement Task Force (FLETF) listed the mining company from Kizilsu Prefecture on two grounds: for working with the Xinjiang government on the recruitment and transfer of persecuted groups, and for sourcing material from Xinjiang. The company's goods are therefore presumed to have been produced with forced labour on import into the US unless the importer rebuts this.
Metal processors should know the smelters and mines of their upstream suppliers and screen them against the UFLPA Entity List.
- Authority / court
- U.S. Department of Homeland Security (Forced Labor Enforcement Task Force)
- Area of law
- Supply chain and human rights · Forced and child labour
- Legal basis
- Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act, Section 2(d)(2)(B)(ii) und (v)
- Action
- Order
- Status of proceedings
- unknown
- Sector
- Steel and metals
- Published
- 15 Jan 2025
- Federal Register: Notice Regarding the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act Entity List (15.01.2025) Official register or notice
Checked against the official source on 25 Sep 2026 · Direct link
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22 Nov 2024 Jindal Tubular USA LLCPipe mill Jindal Tubular: $442,815 settlement after fatal pipe collapse €425,293
In January 2024, insecurely stacked steel pipes weighing around 900 kg fell at the plant in Bay Saint Louis (Mississippi); a 25-year-old died and a 20-year-old lost both legs. In a settlement with the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), the manufacturer of large steel pipes is paying $442,815 and must implement external safety consultants, monthly audits, safety professionals on every shift and three years of accident reporting; there had been 46 OSHA citations in five years.
Storage of heavy steel products requires binding stacking rules and exclusion zones – and repeated citations lead to far-reaching conditions.
- Authority / court
- U.S. Department of Labor – Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)
- Area of law
- Health and safety and employment law · Workplace safety and accidents
- Legal basis
- Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970; 29 CFR 1910 (Maschinenschutz, Absturzsicherung, brennbarer Staub u. a.)
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- final
- Sector
- Steel and metals
- Employees
- 250 to 999
- Repeat case
- yes
- Published
- 22 Nov 2024
Original amount 442,815 USD, converted at the ECB reference rate of 22 Nov 2024.
Checked against the official source on 28 Sep 2026 · Version 2 · Direct link
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27 Aug 2024 a US steelworksSteelworks: EPA settlement over pollutant emissions €222,537
The steelworks on Lake Michigan allegedly emitted excessive particulate matter and hazardous air pollutants when charging the basic oxygen furnaces and during overflows of molten material. Under the settlement with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the company is paying 248,396 USD and must charge more slowly, improve extraction and monitoring, and introduce video recording and reporting to the EPA.
Emission peaks often result from operating procedures; binding work instructions and documentation are part of permit compliance.
Operating procedures for reducing emissions in production
- Authority / court
- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
- Area of law
- Environment and sustainability · Emissions and permits
- Legal basis
- Clean Air Act
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- final
- Sector
- Steel and metals
- Published
- 27 Aug 2024
Original amount 248,396 USD, converted at the ECB reference rate of 27 Aug 2024.
- EPA, Pressemitteilungen (Suche) (Entscheidung 2024) Press release of an authority
Checked against the official source on 28 Sep 2026 · Version 4 · Company name anonymised since 27 Aug 2026 · Direct link
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9 Aug 2024 a Hong Kong magnesium producerUFLPA list: Hong Kong magnesium producer added Other
The Forced Labor Enforcement Task Force chaired by the US Department of Homeland Security added a Hong Kong-based manufacturer of magnesium fertiliser and magnesium alloys to the UFLPA Entity List because the US government has reasonable cause to believe that it sources magnesium from the Xinjiang region. Its goods are therefore subject to the rebuttable presumption that they were made with forced labour and may not be imported into the United States.
Raw materials must be traced back to their region of origin – even indirect links to Xinjiang can block imports into the United States.
Origin of raw materials and forced labour risks in the supply chain
- Authority / court
- U.S. Department of Homeland Security (Forced Labor Enforcement Task Force)
- Area of law
- Supply chain and human rights · Forced and child labour
- Legal basis
- Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act, Sec. 2(d)(2)(B)(v) und Sec. 3(a); 19 U.S.C. 1307
- Action
- Other
- Status of proceedings
- unknown
- Sector
- Steel and metals
- Published
- 9 Aug 2024
Checked against the official source on 8 Oct 2026 · Company name anonymised since 9 Aug 2026 · Direct link
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9 Aug 2024 a Chinese mining companyUFLPA list: Chinese mining company added Other
The Forced Labor Enforcement Task Force chaired by the US Department of Homeland Security added a Xinjiang-based mining company (non-ferrous metals) to the UFLPA Entity List because the US government has reasonable cause to believe that it works with the Xinjiang regional government to recruit, transport and receive Uyghurs, Kazakhs, Kyrgyz and members of other persecuted groups. Its goods are therefore presumed to have been made with forced labour and are barred from import into the United States unless the presumption is rebutted.
For metals from China, screening against the UFLPA Entity List down to mine level belongs in every supplier assessment.
Forced labour risks in metals and raw materials
- Authority / court
- U.S. Department of Homeland Security (Forced Labor Enforcement Task Force)
- Area of law
- Supply chain and human rights · Forced and child labour
- Legal basis
- Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act, Sec. 2(d)(2)(B)(ii) und Sec. 3(a); 19 U.S.C. 1307
- Action
- Other
- Status of proceedings
- unknown
- Sector
- Steel and metals
- Published
- 9 Aug 2024
Checked against the official source on 8 Oct 2026 · Company name anonymised since 9 Aug 2026 · Direct link
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20 Feb 2024 a US steel fabrication businessSteel fabricator: OSHA proposes $348,683 over alleged deficiencies despite warning from its own consultant €322,795
According to the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), inspectors responding to a complaint found at a family-run steel fabrication business in New Jersey, among other things, missing medical evaluations for respirator users, uninspected overhead cranes, incorrectly used welding screens and missing chemical hazard training; according to OSHA, a safety consultant had identified the deficiencies months earlier. OSHA proposed penalties of $348,683 (4 violations classified as wilful, 7 as serious); the violations are alleged, and the company has contested the citations.
A consultant's report identifying known deficiencies that is not acted upon will later serve as evidence of wilfulness.
Hazardous substance training for new employees
Missing or inadequate training played a role in the decision.
- Authority / court
- U.S. Department of Labor – Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)
- Area of law
- Health and safety and employment law · Workplace safety and accidents
- Legal basis
- 29 CFR 1910.134, 1910.179, 1910.1200 u. a.
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- under appeal
- Sector
- Steel and metals
- Culpability
- intentional
- Published
- 20 Feb 2024
Original amount 348,683 USD, converted at the ECB reference rate of 20 Feb 2024.
- OSHA, Pressemitteilungen (Übersicht) (Entscheidung 2024) Press release of an authority
Checked against the official source on 28 Sep 2026 · Version 5 · Company name anonymised since 20 Feb 2026 · Direct link