The District Court of East Brabant has convicted an individual for breaches of the EU’s Iran sanctions.
The defendant had traded for 2 years with a designated Iranian entity. The unspecified goods had been shipped via intermediary countries Turkey and Dubai.
He was sentenced to 16 months in jail, with a further 4 months suspended subject to a two-year probation period. He was also fined €500,000. The fine was on the individual personally and not on the company through which he traded.
It is being reported in the Netherlands that the Dutch authorities are undertaking an investigation into trust companies within the BK Group for alleged breaches of the EU’s misappropriation sanctions in relation to the Ukraine.
The District Court of Noord-Holland has today fined a fine of €40,000 on the Dutch airline KLM for its role in the unlicensed export of goods on the EU’s military list from the South African to Ecuador via the Netherlands.
The judgment noted that subsequent investigation had revealed 74 shipments where the required reporting had not been complied with.
A District Court in the Netherlands has imposed a €50,000 fine on logistics provider for its part in the unlicensed export of military goods to Saudi Arabia.
No export licence had been applied for. The value of the contracts is stated to have been US$14 million.
The Court of Appeal in Hertogenbosch has upheld and extended the conviction and sentence imposed on an individual for breaches of the EU’s Liberian sanctions.
Amongst other offences, the defendant had supplied arms and munitions to the government of Charles Taylor in breach of sanctions.
At first instance he had been acquitted of some charges and sentenced to 8 years in jail. Both the defendant and the public prosecutor appealed.
On appeal all charges were found proven and a sentence of 19 years was imposed.
The District Court of Rotterdam has dismissed an appeal by a trust office against a penalty imposed by the Dutch National Bank.
The penalty was imposed for KYC failings by the trust office specifically in the context of sanctions screening and compliance, including insufficient investigation of the origin of the assets within certain trusts.
The size of the fine is not mentioned in the appeal judgment.
The Court of Appeal in the Hague has upheld the conviction of a man for breaches of the EU’s Al-Qaida/ISIS and Terrorism sanctions.
The individual had transferred €17,000 to his brother who was fighting for ISIS in Syria.
The man was sentenced to 10 months in jail with a further 14 months suspended subject to a three-year probation period.
