The Customs Office in Frankfurt am Main has issued a press release relating to actions taken in two ongoing investigations.

As first reported in Global Sanctions, and as per a press release by German Customs, the Marburg Regional Court on 8 July has sentenced...

It is being reported that the German authorities have conducted raids on business and residential premises in the town of Königswinter in relation to a criminal investigation into the alleged exports of luxury cars to Russia shipped through third countries.

Further to our earlier post, following raids in November 2025, the German authorities have issued a press release reporting on the charging of a 57-year old from Dessau-Rosslau...

It is being reported that the Munich Prosecutor's Office is investigating a number of businesses suspected of exporting 50 luxury cars to Russia in breach of the EU's sanctions

It is being reported that on 16 January raids were carried out at six addressed in Ludwigshafen, Schifferstadt and Mannheim and a 53-year old was arrested on suspicion...

Germany's Federal Prosecutor's Office has issued a press release detailing that the German authorities this morning have arrested 5 individuals as part of raids on premises in Lübeck, Frankfurt am Main, and Nuremberg.

It is being reported in an article published in trans.info that the German authorities currently have approximately 6000 criminal proceedings for sanctions offences that are ongoing.

Further to our earlier post from 2024, the Leipzig Public Prosecutor's office has arrested Jörg Dornau, who is a member of state parliament, on suspicion of breaching the EU's sanctions against Belarus.

Germany's Federal Public Prosecutor has issued a press release relating to the arrest of two individuals for supplying funds and economic resources to the sanctioned Ukrainian separatist groups the Donetsk and Luhansk People's Republics.

Last week the German authorities ordered the vessel Tavian not to enter German territorial waters after inspection of the ship's papers resulted in a finding that the vessel was sailing under a false flag and with a fake IMO number...

Further to our earlier post, it is being reported (here, here and here) that in September a court in Frankfurt convicted Alexander S. of exports of sanctioned goods to Russia.

On 4 November, the US Justice Department issued a press release following the extradition from France of Yana Leonova to face charges...

German Customs has issued a press release (actually dated 18 September but not spotted until now) reporting on an investigation and raids of several premises in the Aschaffenburg area.

HM Revenue and Customs has issued a Notice to Exporters reporting on the imposition of a civil compound penalty against an unnamed...

The NGO Earthsight has published an article on its website stating that in January this year it tipped off the Greek authorities to a shipment...

GNIB and all local registration offices have now closed as of Friday 3/20/20.

Through vessel tracking, including the time and location of the vessel turning off its transponder, the Italian authorities allege that the vessel was loaded at the port of Novorossiysk.

It has been reported (here, behind a paywall), that CONSOB (the Italian stock exchange regulator)...

In a reported interview with Raimonds Zukuls, the Deputy Director General of Latvia's State Revenue Service, details of ongoing enforcement activity in Latvia have been provided.