The National Court ordered on May 22 to open oral trial against 41 former PP politicians, officials and businessmen in section 8 of the Púnica case. The scheme rigged contracts in public housing and Madrid Metro between 2003-2011, diverting €98.4 million.
The Court of First Instance in Girona ordered provisional detention for 6 of 16 arrested in operation by the Civil Guard and Mossos d'Esquadra that dismantled drug trafficking and money laundering network in Barcelona/Catalonia and Granada. Four without bail, two with bail of €150,000 each.
Russian prosecutors demanded on March 11, 2026 to declare entrepreneur Alexander Galitsky and his Almaz Capital fund an 'extremist organization' and confiscate all their assets.
Former Spanish president José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero has been charged with influence peddling, money laundering and document falsification in the case of the €53 million bailout to airline Plus Ultra in March 2021.
French courts closed on Tuesday 26 May 2026 the investigation opened since November 2018 against Jean-Luc Mélenchon and La France insoumise for alleged misappropriation of European public funds. No charges were filed and the case is closed without prosecution.
The AMF Sanctions Commission condemned on 20 May 2026 Mr. Ytane Mamou to a fine of €30,000 and his cousin Mr. Elie Houri to €20,000 for insider trading.
Andriy Yermak, former head of Ukrainian President Zelensky's office and his closest associate, was charged by Ukraine's National Anti-Corruption Bureau (NABU) on May 11, 2026, with corruption involving an alleged illegal luxury residential complex funded through schemes connected to state energy company Energoatom.
Manavgat Mayor Niyazi Nefi Kara was convicted on May 15, 2026, of forming and managing a criminal organization, bribery, embezzlement (irtikap), misappropriation (zimmet), and money laundering. He received a total sentence of 46 years, 10 months, and 15 days imprisonment plus 2.
The ACPR Sanctions Commission imposed on 13 May 2026 a reprimand and a pecuniary sanction of twenty million euros to Société Générale for its insurance intermediary activity. This is the highest sanction ever pronounced by the ACPR since 2018.
In May 2026, during the appeal trial of the 2007 presidential campaign Libyan financing case, the general prosecutor sought seven years imprisonment, €300,000 fine and five years ineligibility against Nicolas Sarkozy.
FINTRAC imposed an administrative monetary penalty of $42,075 on VersaBank, headquartered in London, Ontario, on February 23, 2026 for AML/CTF compliance violations.
Money laundering offences pursued by the Geneva Public Prosecutor surged 32% in 2025, marking the third consecutive year of increases. This increase comes as processing times for complex economic cases reach record levels, with approximately four years required to close a case without prosecution.
A major enforcement action was published on March 27, 2026, involving a bank that breached UK Market Abuse Regulation requirements, FCA Principle 3, and systems and controls requirements related to detecting and reporting suspicious trading activity following the introduction of a new automated order system.
Appeal hearing for former French President Nicolas Sarkozy running from March 16 to June 2, 2026, addressing dismissed corruption, embezzlement of public funds, and illegal campaign financing charges.
The National Financial Prosecutor (PNF) opened on 6 February 2026 a preliminary investigation targeting Caroline Lang and her father Jack Lang for 'money laundering of aggravated tax fraud'.
On 29 January 2026, the Paris criminal court convicted five individuals (Jean-Charles Naouri, Franck-Philippe Georgin, Nicolas Boudot, Jacques Dumas and Nicolas Miguet) and five legal entities (Casino Group and three companies linked to Miguet) for private corruption, market manipulation in an organized group and insider trading.
The AMF Sanctions Committee condemned Makor Securities Paris to a fine of €700,000 and its director Yankel Hassan to €150,000 for serious failings in their market abuse detection system.
The appeal trial of Marine Le Pen and eleven other defendants in the National Front parliamentary assistants case was held from 13 January to 12 February 2026 before the Paris court of appeal.
Switzerland's financial regulator FINMA took action against Julius Baer amid heightened regulatory scrutiny, with confiscation orders to reclaim profits associated with anti-money laundering compliance violations spanning a decade.
Ukraine sanctioned businessman Timur Mindich, a close associate of President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, amid a corruption probe into alleged kickbacks and money laundering at state-owned nuclear energy firm Energoatom.
BaFin imposed a record fine of €45 million on JP Morgan SE due to 'shortcomings in the company's money laundering prevention.' The fine represents BaFin's largest penalty for AML compliance failures and demonstrates Germany's increasingly strict enforcement posture on anti-money laundering controls.