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Fines, court rulings and incidents from Europe and North America: 756 cases from 32 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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€102.1mTotal of monetary amounts
€102.1mMedian per case with an amount

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1 case

12 Nov 2025 Comunicaciones Celulares S.A. (TIGO Guatemala)TIGO Guatemala pays more than 118 million USD for bribing members of Congress USABribery of public officials €102.1m

From 2012 to 2018, the Guatemalan mobile network operator made monthly cash payments to members of Congress or their security staff in order to obtain legislative support; part of the funds came from laundered drug money. Two-year Deferred Prosecution Agreement with a criminal penalty of 60 million USD and administrative forfeiture of 58,198,343 USD.

What organisations can take from it

In joint ventures with local partners, the parent company needs genuine control over cash flows and contacts with public officials – an early voluntary self-disclosure is no substitute for a full investigation.

Relevance to training and awareness

Bribery of public officials, cash payments, integrity of co-shareholders

Authority / court
U.S. Department of Justice (Criminal Division, Fraud Section; USAO Southern District of Florida)
Area of law
Bribery and corruption · Bribery of public officials
Legal basis
FCPA, 15 U.S.C. § 78dd-3 (Verschwörung, 18 U.S.C. § 371); Deferred Prosecution Agreement
Action
Fine
Status of proceedings
final
Sector
Telecoms, IT and software
Culpability
intentional
Mitigating circumstances
Voluntary self-disclosure by the parent company Millicom in 2015; subsequently extensive cooperation and remediation (including dismissals of staff and an 800 % increase in compliance personnel).
Liability of senior managers
According to the DOJ, the scheme was directed by the then Guatemalan shareholder and other senior individuals; four individuals had already been charged (not named).
Published
12 Dec 2025

Original amount 118,198,343 USD, converted at the ECB reference rate of 12 Nov 2025.

Checked against the official source on 25 Sep 2026 · Direct link

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