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Individual Charged With Exporting Luxury Cars To Russia

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...

Germany International

DM

Duane Morris LLP

Convictions, €20m Confiscation And 6 Years In Jail For Luxury Car Exports To Russia

German Customs has announced the result in a criminal prosecution of two individuals charged with exporting 111 luxury cars to Russia in breach of EU sanctions.

Germany International

DM

Duane Morris LLP

Two Customs Investigations Into Russian Imports/exports

Two previously missed investigations from German customs into luxury car exports to Russia.

Germany International

DM

Duane Morris LLP

State Parliamentarian Arrested For Suspected Belarus Export

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 International

DM

Duane Morris LLP

Raids And Five Arrested As Part Of Alleged Russian Procurement Network

Germany International

DM

Duane Morris LLP

Investigation Into Company Alleged To Have Supplied Materials For Russian Drones

European Union International

DM

Duane Morris LLP

Investigations Into RussPost Executives For Alleged Sanctions Breaches

European Union International

DM

Duane Morris LLP

Two Arrested For Providing Funds And Economic Resources To Donetsk And Luhansk People's Republics

Germany International

DM

Duane Morris LLP

Maritime Authorities Turn Away Shadow Fleet Vessel

Germany Transport

DM

Duane Morris LLP

€10 Million Payment To Settle Sanctions Investigation Into Usmanov

Germany International

DM

Duane Morris LLP

Report That There Are 6,000 Criminal Proceedings For Russian And Belarus Sanctions Breaches Ongoing

Germany International

DM

Duane Morris LLP

Investigation Into Businesses Alleged To Have Exported €10m In Luxury Cars To Russia

Germany International

DM

Duane Morris LLP

Raids And Arrests As Part Of Investigation Into Exports Of Equipment To Russia

Worldwide International

DM

Duane Morris LLP

Navigating The Future Of AML/CFT – Update Of EBA'S Draft RTS

European Union Government

KL

Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

Are Company Directors Liable For Patent Infringements? (2025) (Video)

BP

Bardehle Pagenberg

Navigating 2026 - A Focus On Financial Services Supervisory Priorities Across The EU In The Year Ahead

European Union Finance

PL

PwC Legal Germany

Chemical M&A In Germany And France: Key Jurisdictional Considerations

Worldwide Environment

MB

Mayer Brown

EU Industrial Accelerator Act: What Companies Need To Know

European Union Commercial

JD

Jones Day

EU Proposes Sweeping Reforms To The GDPR, Cookie Rules, Data Act, And Breach Reporting

Germany Privacy

SR

McDermott Will & Schulte

Arrest And Raids Related To Machinery Exports To Russia

German Customs has issued a press release reporting that the Customs Investigation Office and Public Prosecutor's Office in Stuttgart have overseen raids on private and company premises...

Germany International

DM

Duane Morris LLP

Sanctions Trial Begins Of Individuals Suspected Of Exporting €28m In Luxury Cars

The trial has commenced in Berlin of Evgeniya P., Wladimir K. and Ekaterina M. Only Evgeniya P. is before the court, the others are being tried in absentia.

Germany International

DM

Duane Morris LLP

Raids In Relation To Export Of Hundreds Of Luxury Cars To Russia

It is being reported that seven residential and commercial premises in the Steinfurt area were raided ion 20 November by Customs officers from Essen, Münster and Osnabrück.

Worldwide International

DM

Duane Morris LLP

Investigation Into Alleged Luxury Car Exports

German Customs has issued a 16 July Press release relating to raids and an investigation into alleged exports of luxury cars worth €3.4m to Russia.

Germany International

DM

Duane Morris LLP

Conviction And Lengthy Jail Term For Sanctioned Exports To Russia

Worldwide International

DM

Duane Morris LLP

EU 19th Adopts Sanctions Package Against Russia – What It Means For Your Business

Worldwide International

OP

Oppenhoff

EU verabschiedet 19. Sanktionspaket gegen Russland – Was bedeutet das für Ihr Unternehmen?

European Union International

OP

Oppenhoff

Hearing Begins For Confiscation Of €720m From Sanctioned Russian Bank

Germany International

DM

Duane Morris LLP

Sentencing Of Five Individuals Convicted Of Russian Sanctions Offences

Germany International

DM

Duane Morris LLP

Prosecution Seeks 5 Year Jail Term For Sanctions Violation Ringleader

Germany International

DM

Duane Morris LLP

Germany – Investigation Into Low-value Import From Russia

Germany International

DM

Duane Morris LLP

EU Authorized New Sanctions Against Russia

European Union International

TW

Taylor Wessing PartG mbB

Germany And Bulgaria – Raids At German Manufacturer With Three Charged With Sanctions Offences

Worldwide International

DM

Duane Morris LLP

Newsflash: 18. EU-Sanktionspaket Gegen Russland – Strenger Ölpreisdeckel, Nord-Stream-Verbot Und Weitere Maßnahmen Gegen Die Schattenflotte

Germany International

OP

Oppenhoff

Germany – Investigation Into Low-value Import From Russia

It is being reported that the Schwerin Public Prosecutor's Office has commenced an investigation into suspected imports of prohibited goods from Russia.

Germany International

DM

Duane Morris LLP

EU Authorized New Sanctions Against Russia

In response to the Russian Federation's activities targeting Ukraine and the recognition of Luhansk/Donetsk as independent regions, EU foreign ministers have authorized eighteen packages of sanctions

European Union International

TW

Taylor Wessing PartG mbB

Germany And Bulgaria – Raids At German Manufacturer With Three Charged With Sanctions Offences

Last week more than 140 officers from the Munich Customs Investigation Office and the Munich I Public Prosecutor's Office conducted raids on several premises...

Worldwide International

DM

Duane Morris LLP

Newsflash: 18. EU-Sanktionspaket Gegen Russland – Strenger Ölpreisdeckel, Nord-Stream-Verbot Und Weitere Maßnahmen Gegen Die Schattenflotte

Am 20. Juli 2025 ist das 18. Paket restriktiver Maßnahmen in Kraft getreten. Im Fokus stehen Energie-, Transport- und Finanzsektor. 55 weitere Listungen (14 Personen, 41 Organisationen)...

Germany International

OP

Oppenhoff

Newsflash: 18th EU Sanctions Package Against Russia - Strict Oil Price Cap, Nord Stream Ban And Further Measures Against The Shadow Fleet

European Union International

OP

Oppenhoff

Four Charged Under ISIS Sanctions

It is being reported that the German Prosecutor's Office has charged four Russian nationals with making funds available to ISIS in breach of the EU's sanctions.

Germany International

DM

Duane Morris LLP

Prosecution To Proceed Against Individuals Alleged To Have Exported Machinery To Crimea

It is being reported that the Hamburg regional court has ordered that trial should proceed against two of the five individuals who being investigated for alleged exports of machinery to Crimea in breach of the EU's sanctions.

European Union International

DM

Duane Morris LLP

Raids And Arrests For Suspected Luxury Car Exports To Russia

It is being reported (here and here) that authorities in Berlin and Bavaria have conducted raids on five premises and arrested three individuals for the suspected export of nearly 200 luxury cars...

European Union International

DM

Duane Morris LLP

Newsflash: EU Adopts 15th Package Of Restrictive Measures Against Russia – Companies May Benefit From Wind-Down Derogations And Extended Deadlines

On December 16, 2024 the Council adopted a 15th package of restrictive measures with the objective of further limiting Russia's ability to wage its war of aggression against Ukraine.

Germany International

OP

Oppenhoff

Investigation Into Alleged Sanctions Breaches By Roman Abramovich

Germany International

DM

Duane Morris LLP

Raids And Arrests Of Suspected Exporters Of Luxury Cars To Russia And Belarus

Germany International

DM

Duane Morris LLP

Germany And Finland: Sanctions Investigations Re Seized "Shadow Fleet" Vessels

Worldwide International

DM

Duane Morris LLP

Unwrapping The EU's 15th Sanctions Package

Germany International

N

Noerr

Sanctions Investigation Into Alleged Exports To Belarus By Politician's Company

Germany International

DM

Duane Morris LLP

Three Individuals In Custody For Exporting Nearly 100 Cars To Russia In Breach Of Sanctions

Germany International

DM

Duane Morris LLP

Prosecution Of Two Individuals For Attempted Exports Of Luxury Goods

Germany International

DM

Duane Morris LLP

Seven Year Sentence For Exports Of Military And Dual-Use Goods To Russia And Confiscation Of Profits

Worldwide International

DM

Duane Morris LLP

Arrest And Raids For Alleged Exports To Russia

European Union International

DM

Duane Morris LLP

Germany – Raids And Investigation Relating To Sanctioned Car Exports

Germany International

DM

Duane Morris LLP

Changes Coming From Europe Impacting German Criminal Law

European Union Criminal

HM

Hengeler Mueller

Drahtseilakt Lieferkette

Germany International

Blomstein

Die EU Nimmt Die Verbindliche Zollwertauskunft In Den Unionszollkodex Auf

Germany International

Blomstein

Lipstick, Underwear And Tennis Balls – Are Fast Moving Consumer Goods Slowed Down By Export Control Law?

Germany International

Blomstein

Selling And Delivering Goods From The EU –the Regulatory Framework For The Defence And Security Industry

European Union International

Blomstein

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