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Crypto firm Coinbase fined millions for serving high-risk customers

The UK branch was fined £3.5 million (€4.16 million) after breaching a voluntary agreement brokered with the British watchdog.

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Suspended prison sentence and €30,000 fine for Banksy theft in Paris

The accused admitted to the theft, which took place in 2019, but claimed that he had acted at the request of Banksy - without being able to prove it.

Green News

Research company fined record €32m for neglecting thousands of beagles

A company was fined €32 million for neglecting thousands of dogs, including providing insufficient and contaminated food and water, and euthanizing them without sedation.

Europe News

European Commission fines Oreo maker €337.5 million

According to the EU's executive branch, the company engaged in 22 anticompetitive agreements or concerted practices.

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Europe News

US food giant Mondelēz fined €337.5m for breaching bloc’s antitrust rules

The EU executive has sanctioned the maker of products such as Oreo and Toblerone for restricting cross-border trade of chocolate, biscuits and coffee within the Single Market.

Business

European Central Bank penalises Crédit Mutuel with €3.5 million fine

The bank used a method which lead to it underestimating its exposure on loan portfolios.

Tech News

French watchdog fines Google €250 million in dispute over news content

France’s competition regulator hit Google with a €250 million fine tied to a long-running dispute over payments to French publishers for their news content.

Business

40% of large UK businesses are at risk of fines from greenwashing

UK authorities have the power to fine a tenth of businesses' global turnover if greenwashing has been proven, and a recent report finds that almost half of big businesses in the UK are at risk.

Italy

Juventus midfielder Pogba handed four-year ban for doping

“I am sad, shocked and heartbroken," Pogba said in a statement, adding that he believed "the verdict is incorrect".

Travel News

Airlines could face more fines for damaging or misplacing wheelchairs

The Biden administration is proposing to make it easier for the government to fine airlines for damaging or misplacing wheelchairs by making it an automatic violation of a federal law on accessible air travel.

Green News

Farmers say they’re being tied up in red tape by EU bureaucracy

Farmers have many complaints - from insufficiently regulated cheap imports to overbearing environmental rules- but the reams of red tape set everyone off almost instantly.

Business

HSBC hit with £57 million fine for not protecting deposits

HSBC neglected to adequately protect customer deposits from around 2015 to 2022, leading to the PRA issuing its second largest fine ever.

Business

Monitoring its employees too closely cost Amazon millions in France

France's data protection watchdog found the tech giant's practices breached workers' rights, fining Amazon a hefty €32 million.

Business

Apple settles €12 million antitrust fine with Russia's government

A Russian court has ruled that Apple misused its dominant market position through the App Store, resulting in another fine for the tech giant.

Culture news

Arnold Schwarzenegger detained at Munich airport over luxury watch

The actor and former California governor travelled to Germany for a charity auction, but was held up upon arrival for failing to follow EU rules when it comes to valuable items over a certain price tag.

Destinations

Europe's strangest tourist rules in 2023

Tourists faced fines for playing music too loudly and taking selfies.

Business

Rabobank gets whopping fine for cartel participation

The European Commission has slapped the Netherlands' Rabobank with a fine worth tens of millions of euros for its decade-long involvement in a cartel with Deutsche Bank concerning the trading of certain euro-denominated bonds.

Business

Google: US rounds off antitrust case against tech giant

The US government wrapped up its main arguments against Alphabet on Thursday, as part of a trial in which the Justice Department is seeking to prove Google’s monopoly and abuse of power. Similar cases have taken place in Europe, where the tech giant’s practices are under scrutiny.

Green News

Judge sentencing scientists calls climate crisis ‘greatest challenge’

Members of Scientist Rebellion took part in three days of action against multinational investment company BlackRock, car manufacturer BMW and the German government.

Green News

Greta Thunberg fined in court before travelling to wind farm protest

She said she will continue to protest even if "it leads to more sentences".