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Who was sanctioned, and for what?
Fines, court rulings and incidents from Europe and North America: 718 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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Where?
by authority- Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens (AP) 5 cases 28 % · €395m
- Autoriteit Consument & Markt (ACM) 3 cases 17 % · €1.29m
- Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens 1 case 6 % · €30.5m
- De Nederlandsche Bank (DNB) 1 case 6 % · €406,125
- Openbaar Ministerie (OM) 1 case 6 % · €10m
- Openbaar Ministerie (OM); Ermittlungen FIOD Anti-Corruptie Centrum 1 case 6 % · €25.8m
- Openbaar Ministerie (Staatsanwaltschaft der Niederlande) 1 case 6 % · €215,000
- Raad van State, Afdeling bestuursrechtspraak (Bußgeld: Minister van Sociale Zaken en Werkgelegenheid) 1 case 6 % · €11,250
- Rechtbank Amsterdam 1 case 6 % ·
- Rechtbank Noord-Nederland (Bußgeld: Minister van Sociale Zaken en Werkgelegenheid / Nederlandse Arbeidsinspectie) 1 case 6 % · €95,588
- 2 more2 cases
What for?
by area of lawAll areas of law
- Data protection 5 cases 28 % · €395m
- Health and safety and employment law 3 cases 17 % · €206,838
- Bribery and corruption 2 cases 11 % · €35.8m
- Sanctions and export control 2 cases 11 % · €415,000
- Consumer protection and online retail 2 cases 11 % · €1.23m
- Money laundering and terrorist financing 1 case 6 % · €406,125
- Competition law 1 case 6 % · €59,000
- AI and digital regulation 1 case 6 % · €30.5m
- Environment and sustainability 1 case 6 % ·
Who?
by sectorAll sectors
- Retail and e-commerce 3 cases 17 % · €380,000
- Transport, logistics and shipping 3 cases 17 % · €390m
- Construction and real estate 2 cases 11 % · €10.1m
- Food and agriculture 2 cases 11 % · €106,838
- Energy and utilities 1 case 6 % · €1.1m
- Financial services and insurance 1 case 6 % · €406,125
- Manufacturing and mechanical engineering 1 case 6 % · €100,000
- Media and online platforms 1 case 6 % · €4.75m
- Public sector 1 case 6 % · €175,000
- Other 1 case 6 % · €215,000
- 2 more2 cases
When?
per quarter, by date of decision| Period | Cases | Total |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2023 | 0 | — |
| Q4 2023 | 1 | €200,000 |
| Q1 2024 | 2 | €59,000 |
| Q2 2024 | 3 | €31.7m |
| Q3 2024 | 2 | €290.2m |
| Q4 2024 | 1 | €4.75m |
| Q1 2025 | 1 | €100,000 |
| Q2 2025 | 1 | €50,000 |
| Q3 2025 | 0 | — |
| Q4 2025 | 2 | €186,250 |
| Q1 2026 | 3 | €36.2m |
| Q2 2026 | 1 | €100m |
| Q3 2026 | 1 | €95,588 |
18 cases
27 Aug 2026 Flower bulb business failed to disclose hours of Polish seasonal workers – fine of around 95,600 EUR €95,588
A lily and tulip grower with an average of around 50 (at peak 75) employees, where Polish migrant workers are employed (anonymised in the judgment), was unable to produce sufficient records of hours worked and wages paid for 18 employees for September 2020 to February 2021. The Dutch Minister of Social Affairs and Employment (Minister van Sociale Zaken en Werkgelegenheid) imposed 118,000 EUR in 2024 (112,100 EUR after objection); the North Netherlands District Court (Rechtbank Noord-Nederland) reduced the fine to 95,587.50 EUR, partly because of measures taken and excessively long proceedings.
Companies employing seasonal workers must be able to document hours and wage payments for each person without gaps – missing records are fined separately for each employee.
- Authority / court
- Rechtbank Noord-Nederland (Bußgeld: Minister van Sociale Zaken en Werkgelegenheid / Nederlandse Arbeidsinspectie)
- Area of law
- Health and safety and employment law · Minimum wage and undeclared work
- Legal basis
- Art. 18b Abs. 2 Wet minimumloon en minimumvakantiebijslag (Wml)
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- reduced
- Sector
- Food and agriculture
- Employees
- 50 to 249
- Mitigating circumstances
- Reduction of 12.5 % for appropriate measures, 5 % for delay and 2,500 EUR for exceeding the reasonable length of proceedings.
Checked against the official source on 25 Sep 2026 · Direct link
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1 Apr 2026 MLU B.V. (Rechtsnachfolgerin der Ridetech International B.V., Anbieterin der Yango-App)Yango taxi app: 100 million EUR for transferring data to Russia €100m
Amsterdam-based Ridetech offered the ride-hailing app Yango in Finland and Norway and transferred data of drivers and customers to the group companies Yandex.Taxi LLC and Yandex LLC in Russia without demonstrating appropriate safeguards. The Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens (Dutch Data Protection Authority, AP) imposed 100 million EUR on the legal successor and prohibited further transfers to Russia.
Transfers to states without legal protection against access by authorities can hardly be safeguarded – group structures with such locations need data localisation in the EU.
- Authority / court
- Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens (AP)
- Area of law
- Data protection · International data transfers
- Legal basis
- Art. 44, Art. 46 iVm Art. 5 Abs. 1 lit. a und Abs. 2 DSGVO
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- unknown
- Sector
- Transport, logistics and shipping
Checked against the official source on 25 Sep 2026 · Direct link
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6 Mar 2026 Fleurette Properties LtdCommodities holding Fleurette: 25.8 million EUR strafbeschikking over bribery in Congo €25.8m
According to the Dutch Public Prosecution Service (OM), the top holding company of a mining, oil and gold group, which was based in the Netherlands from 2010 to 2017, participated together with others in bribing public officials of the DR Congo in order to obtain licences for cobalt and copper mines. On 6 March 2026, the OM issued a strafbeschikking (prosecutorial penalty order) imposing a fine of 25.8 million EUR, which Fleurette accepted.
In the commodities sector, licences and concessions are the main target for bribery – holding companies share liability for payments made by their subsidiaries.
Award of licences in the commodities sector, payments to public officials
- Authority / court
- Openbaar Ministerie (OM); Ermittlungen FIOD Anti-Corruptie Centrum
- Area of law
- Bribery and corruption · Bribery of public officials
- Legal basis
- Buitenlandse ambtelijke omkoping (Wetboek van Strafrecht); OM-strafbeschikking
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- final
- Sector
- Steel and metals
- Culpability
- intentional
- Published
- 10 Mar 2026
- Geldboete Fleurette Properties Ltd wegens omkoping in Congo Press release of an authority
Checked against the official source on 25 Sep 2026 · Direct link
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10 Feb 2026 Strukton Civiel Projecten B.V. und Strukton International B.V. (Strukton-Gruppe)Construction group Strukton pays 10 million EUR out-of-court settlement over bribery on the Riyadh Metro €10m
To secure a share in the Riyadh Metro project, around 31 million USD was paid between 2013 and 2021 to an agent representing a high-ranking member of the Saudi royal family; the agent payments were understated to the export credit insurer Atradius. Strukton accepted a transaction (out-of-court settlement) of 10 million EUR.
Commissions to agents with ties to ruling families carry the highest risk – and false statements to export credit insurers constitute a second offence.
Agent commissions and false statements to export credit insurers
- Authority / court
- Openbaar Ministerie (OM)
- Area of law
- Bribery and corruption · Bribery of public officials
- Legal basis
- Buitenlandse ambtelijke omkoping und valsheid in geschrift (Wetboek van Strafrecht); Transactie nach Art. 74 Sr
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- final
- Sector
- Construction and real estate
- Culpability
- intentional
- Mitigating circumstances
- Cooperation from mid-2023; compliance programme in place since 2017; the employees involved are no longer with the company.
- Liability of senior managers
- The Dutch Public Prosecution Service (OM) is considering prosecuting several natural persons involved (not named).
- Published
- 30 Mar 2026
- Strukton betaalt hoge transactie van 10 miljoen euro na corruptieonderzoek Press release of an authority
- OM Functioneel Parket: Transactieovereenkomst Calisto (10.02.2026) Decision of an authority
- College van procureurs-generaal: Beslissing hoge transactie onderzoek Calisto (09.02.2026) Decision of an authority
Checked against the official source on 25 Sep 2026 · Direct link
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28 Jan 2026 CCV Group B.V.Netherlands: payment institution CCV without integrity risk analysis – 406,125 EUR fine €406,125
Until March 2018, the payment institution had no systematic integrity risk analysis (SIRA) and therefore no systematic identification and analysis of integrity risks for its gatekeeper function. The Dutch central bank (De Nederlandsche Bank, DNB) imposed the fine in 2020; following objection and appeal proceedings, it was fixed at the reduced amount of 406,125 EUR by the decision of 28 January 2026 and was published in July 2026.
Without a documented integrity risk analysis, any money laundering prevention lacks its foundation – and that alone is subject to fines.
- Authority / court
- De Nederlandsche Bank (DNB)
- Area of law
- Money laundering and terrorist financing · Internal controls
- Legal basis
- Art. 3:10 Wet op het financieel toezicht (Wft); Art. 10 Besluit prudentiële regels Wft (Bpr)
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- reduced
- Sector
- Financial services and insurance
- Mitigating circumstances
- Fine reduced in the objection and appeal proceedings
- Published
- 21 Jul 2026
- Fine for CCV Group B.V. for lack of SIRA Press release of an authority
Checked against the official source on 25 Sep 2026 · Direct link
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17 Dec 2025 Asparagus farm without reliable working time records: Raad van State upholds 11,250 EUR €11,250
In May/June 2022, the working time records of an asparagus business (anonymised in the judgment) deviated structurally from the hours actually worked; among other things, Sunday work went unrecorded, so compliance with working and rest times could not be checked. The Administrative Jurisdiction Division of the Dutch Council of State (Raad van State, Afdeling bestuursrechtspraak) upheld the fine of 11,250 EUR, imposed in 2023 without prior warning, including the increase factor of 1.5.
Working time records that do not reflect actual hours are treated as missing – businesses are then sanctioned without prior warning.
Correct recording of working and rest times
- Authority / court
- Raad van State, Afdeling bestuursrechtspraak (Bußgeld: Minister van Sociale Zaken en Werkgelegenheid)
- Area of law
- Health and safety and employment law · Working time
- Legal basis
- Art. 4:3 Abs. 1 Arbeidstijdenwet
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- final
- Sector
- Food and agriculture
- Raad van State, ECLI:NL:RVS:2025:6142 vom 17.12.2025 Court decision
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15 Dec 2025 Stichting Hogeschool van Arnhem en Nijmegen (HAN University of Applied Sciences)Netherlands: 175,000 EUR against HAN university over inadequate security after hack €175,000
In 2021, a hacker gained access via a web form to a web server and a database server of the university, obtained, among other things, names with passwords and citizen service numbers of students and staff, and unsuccessfully demanded a ransom. According to the Dutch data protection authority (Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens, AP), security was not aligned with the risks, and the rights of a database account were not restricted.
Give database accounts of web applications minimal rights so that a single vulnerability does not expose the entire data set.
- Authority / court
- Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens (AP)
- Area of law
- Data protection · Data breaches and data security
- Legal basis
- DSGVO Art. 32
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- final
- Sector
- Public sector
- Culpability
- negligent
- Mitigating circumstances
- Settlement without objection; active damage limitation, strengthened resilience and sharing of lessons learned with other organisations.
- Published
- 17 Dec 2025
- HAN krijgt boete van 175.000 euro voor onvoldoende beveiliging van persoonsgegevens Press release of an authority
- Boete HAN Decision of an authority
- AP: Besluit tot oplegging van een bestuurlijke boete aan Stichting Hogeschool van Arnhem en Nijmegen Decision of an authority
Checked against the official source on 25 Sep 2026 · Direct link
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27 May 2025 AS Watson (Health & Beauty Continental Europe) B.V.AP reduces cookie fine against Kruidvat operator AS Watson to 50,000 EUR after objection €50,000
The company behind the Kruidvat drugstore chain tracked visitors to Kruidvat.nl with tracking cookies without their knowledge or consent, enabling it to build profiles from location, pages visited, shopping basket and purchases. The Dutch data protection authority (Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens, AP) had imposed 600,000 EUR in 2024, upheld the objection in May 2025 and reduced the fine to 50,000 EUR.
Set tracking cookies in an online shop only after genuine consent – pre-ticked or hidden consent is not sufficient.
- Authority / court
- Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens (AP)
- Area of law
- Data protection · Cookies and tracking
- Legal basis
- Art. 6 Abs. 1 i. V. m. Art. 5 Abs. 1 lit. a DSGVO (Tracking-Cookies ohne Einwilligung)
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- reduced
- Sector
- Retail and e-commerce
- Published
- 12 Jun 2025
- Besluit op bezwaar AS Watson – Kruidvat (27 mei 2025) Decision of an authority
- Besluit boete AS Watson – Kruidvat Decision of an authority
- AP – Boete van 600.000 euro voor tracking cookies op Kruidvat.nl Press release of an authority
Checked against the official source on 25 Sep 2026 · Direct link
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10 Feb 2025 Fatal pallet fall in warehouse: 100,000 EUR fine for industrial door manufacturer €100,000
In January 2023, in the warehouse of a manufacturer of industrial doors in Didam (anonymised in the judgment), a 792 kg pallet fell from an unstable stack four high onto a new employee, who died; the forklift used, fitted with fork extensions, had no CE marking of its own and was unsuitable for the load, the risk assessment was incomplete and the instruction of the victim, who did not speak Dutch, was inadequate. The Overijssel District Court (Rechtbank Overijssel, economic division) imposed 100,000 EUR (of which 25,000 EUR suspended) for intentional violations of the Dutch Working Conditions Act (Arbowet), plus 17,500 EUR in damages to the mother (ECLI:NL:RBOVE:2025:711).
Instruct employees in a language they understand – and draw consequences from earlier reportable accidents.
Instruction of employees who speak other languages; safe stacking
Missing or inadequate training played a role in the decision.
- Authority / court
- Rechtbank Overijssel (economische kamer)
- Area of law
- Health and safety and employment law · Workplace safety and accidents
- Legal basis
- Art. 32 Arbeidsomstandighedenwet i. V. m. Art. 5 Abs. 1, 8 Abs. 1 Arbeidsomstandighedenwet; Art. 3.17, 7.2 Abs. 1, 7.18 Abs. 2 Arbeidsomstandighedenbesluit
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- unknown
- Sector
- Manufacturing and mechanical engineering
- Culpability
- intentional
- Mitigating circumstances
- No previous convictions of the company; part of the fine suspended.
- Rechtbank Overijssel, ECLI:NL:RBOVE:2025:711 vom 10.02.2025 Court decision
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26 Nov 2024 Netflix International B.V.AP: 4.75 million EUR against Netflix over insufficient privacy information €4.75m
Between 2018 and 2020, Netflix did not adequately inform customers about what happens to their data, and the information available was partly unclear. The Dutch supervisory authority (Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens, AP) imposed 4.75 million EUR; Netflix has since revised its privacy statement.
Privacy notices must be complete and comprehensible – and responses to customer requests must also be specific rather than generic.
- Authority / court
- Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens (AP)
- Area of law
- Data protection · Data subject rights and transparency
- Legal basis
- Art. 5 Abs. 1 lit. a i. V. m. Art. 12 Abs. 1, Art. 13 Abs. 1 lit. c, e, f und Abs. 2 lit. a, Art. 15 Abs. 1 lit. a, c, d und Abs. 2 DSGVO
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- under appeal
- Sector
- Media and online platforms
- Employees
- 10,000 or more
- Mitigating circumstances
- The privacy statement and the information provided were subsequently improved.
- Published
- 18 Dec 2024
- Boete Netflix (Besluit van 26 november 2024) Decision of an authority
- AP – Boete Netflix voor niet goed informeren klanten Press release of an authority
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23 Sep 2024 Amsterdam company pays settlement: dividend paid out to oligarch's company €215,000
At the end of 2021, a company based in Amsterdam paid out a dividend of around 18 million EUR to a Russian shareholder behind which there was a sanctioned person, repaid a loan to a listed Russian company in 2019 and did not freeze shares and voting rights; in addition, a gatekeeper was misinformed. In a settlement (transactie) with the Dutch Public Prosecution Service (Openbaar Ministerie), the company paid 195,000 EUR and the managing director, as de facto manager, 20,000 EUR.
Dividends, loan repayments and voting rights vis-à-vis shareholders with a sanctioned owner in the background are also frozen – gatekeepers must know the full structure.
Freezing shares of listed shareholders, beneficial owners
- Authority / court
- Openbaar Ministerie (Staatsanwaltschaft der Niederlande)
- Area of law
- Sanctions and export control · Breaches of sanctions and embargoes
- Legal basis
- Sanctiewet 1977 i. V. m. EU-Finanzsanktionen gegen Russland (seit 2014)
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- final
- Sector
- Other
- Liability of senior managers
- The managing director paid 20,000 EUR as de facto manager.
- Published
- 23 Sep 2024
- OM: Transacties na verdenking overtredingen Sanctiewet (23.09.2024) Press release of an authority
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22 Jul 2024 Uber Technologies Inc. und Uber B.V.Uber: 290 million EUR – driver data sent to the USA for two years without a transfer tool €290m
Uber stored sensitive data of European drivers – including location, payment and identity document data, and in some cases criminal and health data – on servers in the USA and from August 2021 no longer used any transfer tool. Following complaints from more than 170 French drivers, the Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens (Dutch Data Protection Authority, AP) imposed 290 million EUR; it was the AP’s third fine against Uber.
Intra-group transfers to headquarters are third-country transfers – anyone who lets a transfer tool lapse transfers data without a legal basis.
- Authority / court
- Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens (AP)
- Area of law
- Data protection · International data transfers
- Legal basis
- Art. 44 DSGVO
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- under appeal
- Sector
- Transport, logistics and shipping
- Employees
- 10,000 or more
- Repeat case
- yes
- Published
- 26 Aug 2024
- AP legt Uber boete op van 290 miljoen euro om doorgifte data chauffeurs naar VS (26.08.2024) Press release of an authority
- AP, Besluit boete Uber doorgifte naar VS vom 22.07.2024 Decision of an authority
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16 May 2024 Clearview AI Inc.Dutch AP: 30.5 million EUR against Clearview AI over facial database €30.5m
Clearview processes biometric data of people in the Netherlands without a legal basis for a facial recognition database compiled from the internet, did not inform data subjects, did not respond to access requests and did not designate an EU representative. In addition to a fine of 30.5 million EUR, the Dutch data protection authority (Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens, AP) imposed four orders subject to penalty payments.
Publicly accessible photos are no licence for biometric analysis – users of such services risk fines of their own.
- Authority / court
- Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens
- Area of law
- AI and digital regulation · AI systems
- Legal basis
- DSGVO Art. 5 Abs. 1 lit. a, 6 Abs. 1, 9 Abs. 1, 12, 14, 15, 27
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- unknown
- Sector
- Telecoms, IT and software
- Published
- 3 Sep 2024
- Dutch Supervisory Authority imposes a fine on Clearview because of illegal data collection for facial recognition Press release of an authority
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2 May 2024 Leen BakkerLeen Bakker: 130,000 EUR fine for embellished reference prices €130,000
The ACM imposed fines totalling 621,000 EUR on five online retailers because they did not base discounts on the lowest price of the previous 30 days and artificially raised initial prices. The furniture and home furnishings retailer Leen Bakker received a fine of 130,000 EUR and did not acknowledge the infringement.
The reference price for a discount is the lowest price of the previous 30 days – raising prices shortly before a promotion is off-limits.
Discount advertising and reference prices
- Authority / court
- Autoriteit Consument & Markt (ACM)
- Area of law
- Consumer protection and online retail · Misleading advertising and pricing
- Legal basis
- Preisangabenregeln zur Preisermäßigung (Umsetzung Omnibus-Richtlinie, seit 1.1.2023)
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- unknown
- Sector
- Retail and e-commerce
- Published
- 11 Jun 2024
- ACM has fined online stores for using fake discounts Press release of an authority
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3 Apr 2024 Allround Hollands Energie B.V. (Hollandse Energie Maatschappij, HEM)HEM: 1.1 million EUR for misleading telemarketing of energy contracts €1.1m
Telesales agents of the energy supplier did not identify themselves as HEM, presented the calls as "price protection" or a contract review and put the people they called under pressure; the customers ended up in expensive fixed-price contracts with high cancellation fees. The ACM imposed a fine of 1.1 million EUR.
Sales calls must disclose who is calling and for what purpose – the company is liable for its call centres.
Telephone sales and call scripts (including at sales partners)
- Authority / court
- Autoriteit Consument & Markt (ACM)
- Area of law
- Consumer protection and online retail · Misleading advertising and pricing
- Legal basis
- Niederländisches Verbraucherrecht: Verbot irreführender und aggressiver Geschäftspraktiken
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- unknown
- Sector
- Energy and utilities
- Published
- 3 Apr 2024
- ACM: Energy supplier HEM fined 1.1 million euros for having seriously misled customers in telemarketing calls Press release of an authority
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20 Mar 2024 Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij N.V. (KLM)Amsterdam District Court: KLM advertising on sustainable flying misleading Other
In a collective action brought by the Fossielvrij foundation, the Amsterdam District Court (Rechtbank Amsterdam) found that 15 KLM advertising claims were misleading and unlawful: they suggested sustainable flying or that offsetting products actually compensate for the climate impact, although biofuels and reforestation reduce it only marginally. KLM bears the costs of the proceedings; further claims were dismissed (ECLI:NL:RBAMS:2024:1512).
Offsetting and SAF offerings must not create the impression of climate-neutral travel; associations can challenge such claims in court.
Climate claims and offsetting offers in customer communication
- Authority / court
- Rechtbank Amsterdam
- Area of law
- Environment and sustainability · Misleading environmental and sustainability claims
- Legal basis
- Wet oneerlijke handelspraktijken (Art. 6:193a ff. BW)
- Action
- Other
- Status of proceedings
- unknown
- Sector
- Transport, logistics and shipping
- Employees
- 10,000 or more
- Published
- 20 Mar 2024
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28 Feb 2024 Bloem Infra B.V.; Den Ouden Infra B.V. (Kronzeuge, 0 €)Netherlands: 59,000 EUR against construction company over sham bid in school playground tender €59,000
In the tender for the design of a school playground in Roermond, Bloem Infra passed its bid on in advance to Den Ouden, which then deliberately bid higher (cover pricing). The Netherlands Authority for Consumers and Markets (ACM) imposed a fine of 59,000 EUR on Bloem Infra; Den Ouden escaped a fine as the first to come forward.
Even a single "helper bid" between construction companies on a small municipal contract is sanctioned – the first to come forward goes unpunished.
Passing on one's own bids to co-bidders
- Authority / court
- Autoriteit Consument & Markt (ACM)
- Area of law
- Competition law · Cartels and collusion
- Legal basis
- Art. 6 Mededingingswet (Kartellverbot)
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- unknown
- Sector
- Construction and real estate
- Mitigating circumstances
- Leniency programme (Den Ouden 100 %), fine reduction for Bloem Infra for cooperation and acknowledgement
- Published
- 7 Mar 2024
- Fine for cartel by building contractors involving the tender process for a school outdoor area Press release of an authority
- ACM, Boetebesluit aanbesteding buitenterrein Yuverta Roermond (28.02.2024) Decision of an authority
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31 Oct 2023 Woerd-Tech BVWoerd-Tech BV: 200,000 EUR penalty for microchips to Russian defence customers €200,000
The company of a Russian-Dutch national from Gorssel sold microchips, semiconductors and other electronics to a Russian purchasing organisation with an FSB licence and to customers from the defence industry, and after the tightening of sanctions in 2022 routed shipments ostensibly via the Maldives and other countries. Following charges brought by the Dutch Public Prosecution Service (Openbaar Ministerie, OM), the Rotterdam District Court (Rechtbank Rotterdam) imposed a fine of 200,000 EUR on the BV (final after the appeals were withdrawn) and 18 months' imprisonment on the managing director (appeal proceedings pending).
Banks report suspicious Russia payments to the FIU – sham routes via third countries are uncovered in this way and hit both companies and management.
- Authority / court
- Rechtbank Rotterdam; Anklage Openbaar Ministerie
- Area of law
- Sanctions and export control · Export control and dual-use goods
- Legal basis
- Sanctiewet 1977 (EU-Russland-Sanktionen); Urkundenfälschung (valsheid in geschrifte)
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- final
- Sector
- Retail and e-commerce
- Culpability
- intentional
- Liability of senior managers
- Managing director sentenced at first instance to 18 months' imprisonment; in the appeal proceedings, the OM demanded three years and a professional ban.
- Published
- 14 Apr 2025
- OM: OM eist in hoger beroep 3 jaar celstraf en een beroepsverbod voor omzeilen EU-sancties Rusland (14.04.2025) Press release of an authority
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