The Higher Regional Court of Hamm has overturned on appeal an acquittal in the Münster Regional Court. The case has been remitted back to the lower courts.
The charges of breaching the EU’s Somalia sanctions relate to the alleged provision of training and technical assistance related to the manufacture, maintenance and use of arms and related materiel under a 2009 contract.
Prosecutors in Kiel, northern Germany, have charged five managers of the arms manufacturer Sig Sauer on suspicion of the unlicensed export of arms to Colombia.
The charges arise out of the export of 36,000 pistols to Colombian police, exported via a US subsidiary.
Reports state that the investigation started in 2014. Prosecutors are seeking custodial sentences and a corporate fine of €12 million.
A prosecution in relation to the export of valves for use in the Iranian nuclear sector which has been ongoing since 2014 has now been referred to the German Federal Court.
The prosecution of three individuals, named only as Bernd Gehrad L., René L. and Ralf C, relates to the export of 51 specialized valves to Iran between 2010 and 2011. The value of the valves was approximately €1 million.
The case has been sent to the Federal Court after a court in Berlin had ruled that the penalties being sought were unconstitutional.
