Compliance Radar
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- Controladoria-Geral da União (CGU) und Advocacia-Geral da União (AGU) €5.11m 40 % · 1 case
- Controladoria-Geral da União (CGU) €4.93m 38 % · 2 cases
- Secretaria Nacional do Consumidor (Senacon), Departamento de Proteção e Defesa do Consumidor (DPDC) €2.89m 22 % · 3 cases
What for?
by area of lawAll areas of law
Who?
by company- Anonymised companies €8m 62 % · 4 cases
- Linkcon Ltda. €3.43m 27 % · 1 case
- RSX Informática Ltda. €1.49m 12 % · 1 case
When?
per year, by date of decision| Period | Cases | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1 | €2.39m |
| 2023 | 1 | €5.11m |
| 2024 | 2 | €496,079 |
| 2025 | 0 | – |
| 2026 | 2 | €4.93m |
6 cases
9 Jul 2026 RSX Informática Ltda.RSX Informática: BRL 8.8m and three-year debarment for procurement fraud €1.49m
The Controladoria-Geral da União (CGU, Office of the Comptroller General) imposed on RSX Informática Ltda. a fine of BRL 8,794,574.67, extraordinary publication of the decision and a three-year ban on tendering for and contracting with the Federal Union, including removal from the supplier register SICAF. The case concerned fraud in a tender (pregão nº 5/2017) of the former Ministry of National Integration and in the resulting contracts; through the price registration agreement, other federal bodies, including the social security institute INSS with a software contract, contracted with the company without holding their own tender.
Price registration agreements carry the effects of a rigged tender into many public bodies, so the award must be clean from the outset.
Integrity in tenders and framework agreements
- Authority / court
- Controladoria-Geral da União (CGU)
- Area of law
- Bribery and corruption
- Legal basis
- Lei nº 12.846/2013, Art. 5 IV d, Art. 6 I und II; Lei nº 10.520/2002, Art. 7
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- unknown
- Sector
- Telecoms, IT and software
- Published
- 10 Jul 2026
Original amount 8,794,574.67 BRL, converted at the ECB reference rate of 9 Jul 2026.
- DOU Seção 1 Nr. 128 vom 10.07.2026 (Faksimile, CGU Base de Conhecimento): Decisão nº 202 de 9.7.2026, PAR 00190.106958/2025-80 Decision of an authority
- CGU: Relatório Final, PAR 00190.106958/2025-80 (RSX Informática) Decision of an authority
- Base de Conhecimento CGU: PAR 00190.106958/2025-80 (RSX Informática) Official register or notice
Checked against the official source on 3 Oct 2026 · Direct link
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9 Jan 2026 Linkcon Ltda.Linkcon: BRL 21.5m and debarment over a rigged port authority tender €3.43m
The Controladoria-Geral da União (CGU, Office of the Comptroller General) imposed on Linkcon Ltda. a fine of BRL 21,521,878.64, extraordinary publication of the decision and a two-year ban on tendering for and contracting with the Federal Union. According to the final report, an electronic tender of the port company Companhia Docas do Rio de Janeiro (PE 17/2016) and the resulting price registration agreement were steered in the company's favour through simulated price surveys; it also submitted a false document to be classified as a small business (EPP). The CGU rejected the request for reconsideration on 30 July 2026. The amount and the facts have not been confirmed against the primary source.
Price surveys and proof of company size in public procurement must be genuine; manipulation leads to heavy fines and debarment.
Fair competition and truthful evidence in public procurement
- Authority / court
- Controladoria-Geral da União (CGU)
- Area of law
- Bribery and corruption
- Legal basis
- Lei nº 12.846/2013, Art. 5 IV a, Art. 6 I und II; Lei nº 10.520/2002, Art. 7
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- final
- Sector
- Telecoms, IT and software
- Published
- 12 Jan 2026
Original amount 21,521,878.64 BRL, converted at the ECB reference rate of 9 Jan 2026.
- DOU Seção 1 vom 12.01.2026, S. 113: CGU Decisão nº 6 de 9.1.2026 (Linkcon Ltda.) Decision of an authority
- DOU Seção 1 vom 03.08.2026 (Faksimile, CGU Base de Conhecimento): Decisão nº 240 de 30.7.2026, Reconsideração abgelehnt Decision of an authority
- CGU: Relatório Final, PAR 00190.109659/2024-16 (Linkcon) Decision of an authority
Checked against the official source on 3 Oct 2026 · Direct link
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23 Jul 2024 a Brazilian mobile operatorSenacon fines Brazilian mobile operator 2 million BRL over misleading 5G advertising €330,066
The Secretaria Nacional do Consumidor (Senacon, National Consumer Secretariat) fined a mobile operator 2,000,000 BRL for misleading 5G advertising. According to the decision, the advertising messages did not disclose the limitations of the DSS technology used clearly and adequately and thereby misled consumers. Separate fining decisions were issued against three other telecommunications operators for the same advertising practice.
Technical limitations of an advertised service belong clearly and prominently in the advertisement itself.
Transparent advertising for telecommunications services
- Authority / court
- Secretaria Nacional do Consumidor (Senacon), Departamento de Proteção e Defesa do Consumidor (DPDC)
- Area of law
- Consumer protection and online retail · Misleading advertising and pricing
- Legal basis
- Art. 6 III und IV, Art. 30, Art. 31 und Art. 37 § 1 Código de Defesa do Consumidor (Lei nº 8.078/1990); Art. 13 I und VI und Art. 14 Decreto nº 2.181/1997
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- unknown
- Sector
- Telecoms, IT and software
- Published
- 23 Jul 2024
Original amount 2,000,000 BRL, converted at the ECB reference rate of 23 Jul 2024.
Checked against the official source on 7 Oct 2026 · Company name anonymised since 23 Jul 2026 · Direct link
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20 May 2024 a Brazilian mobile operatorSenacon: mobile operator fined BRL 922,869 for misleading 5G advertising €166,013
The consumer protection department of Senacon fined a mobile operator 922,869.00 BRL because its advertising for "5G" misled consumers: it did not clearly and adequately point out the limitations of the DSS technology used. The Senacon Secretary rejected the appeal in December 2024.
Advertising for new technologies must clearly state their technical limitations, otherwise it is misleading.
Transparent advertising for new technologies
- Authority / court
- Secretaria Nacional do Consumidor (Senacon), Departamento de Proteção e Defesa do Consumidor (DPDC)
- Area of law
- Consumer protection and online retail · Misleading advertising and pricing
- Legal basis
- Art. 6 III, IV, 30, 31, 37 § 1 Lei nº 8.078/1990 (Código de Defesa do Consumidor); Art. 13 I, VI und 14 Decreto nº 2.181/1997
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- final
- Sector
- Telecoms, IT and software
- Published
- 20 May 2024
Original amount 922,869 BRL, converted at the ECB reference rate of 20 May 2024.
Checked against the official source on 7 Oct 2026 · Company name anonymised since 20 May 2026 · Direct link
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4 Dec 2023 a Brazilian IT companyIT company: BRL 27.2m leniency agreement over bribery and irregular bookkeeping €5.11m
A Brazilian IT company acknowledged to the CGU and the AGU that it had booked funds irregularly in order to pay undue advantages to public officials or politicians and had thereby obtained advantages in contracts with the public administration (Art. 5 I–IV Lei 12.846/2013). The total debt of BRL 27,178,868.56 comprises compensation to an injured company (BRL 4,875,501.13) and to the health fund of the State of Santa Catarina (BRL 17,587,259.86) plus an anti-corruption fine of BRL 4,716,107.57. Because earlier agreements with the Federal Public Prosecutor's Office and the state comptroller CGE/SC are credited, only the fine payable to the Union remains outstanding.
Irregular bookkeeping used to fund bribes creates liability in itself – clean accounting is corruption prevention.
Concealed bookkeeping to fund bribes
- Authority / court
- Controladoria-Geral da União (CGU) und Advocacia-Geral da União (AGU)
- Area of law
- Bribery and corruption · Bribery of public officials
- Legal basis
- Lei 12.846/2013, Art. 5 I–IV, Arts. 16 und 17; Lei 8.429/1992; Decreto 11.129/2022
- Action
- Disgorgement of profits
- Status of proceedings
- final
- Sector
- Telecoms, IT and software
- Mitigating circumstances
- Credit was given for restitution or compensation (1%), cooperation (1.5%), voluntary admission (2%) and an applied compliance programme (2.4%).
- Liability of senior managers
- Tolerance by senior management was applied as an aggravating factor at 3%.
Original amount 27,178,868.56 BRL, converted at the ECB reference rate of 4 Dec 2023.
Checked against the official source on 7 Oct 2026 · Company name anonymised since 4 Dec 2025 · Direct link
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6 Sep 2022 the Brazilian subsidiary of an international technology groupSenacon: 12.27 million BRL fine and sales stop for smartphones without chargers €2.39m
The Departamento de Proteção e Defesa do Consumidor (DPDC, consumer protection department) of the Secretaria Nacional do Consumidor (Senacon, National Consumer Secretariat) fined the Brazilian subsidiary of the technology group 12,274,500 BRL because the group’s smartphones from a certain model generation onwards were sold without a charger. The authority regarded this, among other things, as unlawful tying, the sale of an incomplete product and discrimination against consumers, rejected environmental protection as a justification and additionally ordered the cancellation of the registration of these models and the immediate halt of sales of the smartphones without a charger. Senacon later stayed the proceedings in order to negotiate a conduct agreement (Termo de Ajustamento de Conduta) with the company.
A company that reduces what comes in the box on environmental grounds must be able to prove the benefit and the consequences for consumers, or it risks a tying allegation.
Product contents, tying and environmental arguments in consumer law
- Authority / court
- Secretaria Nacional do Consumidor (Senacon), Departamento de Proteção e Defesa do Consumidor (DPDC)
- Area of law
- Consumer protection and online retail
- Legal basis
- Art. 12 I und IX, Art. 13 XXIII und Art. 22 III Decreto nº 2.181/1997; Art. 57 Código de Defesa do Consumidor (Lei nº 8.078/1990); Art. 18 IV und VI Decreto nº 2.181/1997
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- unknown
- Sector
- Telecoms, IT and software
- Employees
- 10,000 or more
- Published
- 6 Sep 2022
Original amount 12,274,500 BRL, converted at the ECB reference rate of 6 Sep 2022.
Checked against the official source on 7 Oct 2026 · Company name anonymised since 6 Sep 2024 · Direct link