KUEHNE+NAGEL controversies
Controversies tied to this brand in public sources. A listing is not a finding of fault.
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2024
Milton Keynes office vandalism and activist allegations
Palestine Action vandalized the company’s Milton Keynes office and said it targeted KUEHNE+NAGEL over alleged assistance with weapons deliveries to Israel. The allegation is recorded as an activist claim rather than an independently established finding.
2014
Freight-forwarding cartel fine in New Zealand
New Zealand’s Commerce Commission fined KUEHNE+NAGEL for its involvement in a freight-forwarding cartel case involving six firms. Investigators said the participants used horticultural code names in discussing anti-competitive conduct.
1942
Participation in the M-Aktion property transports
KUEHNE+NAGEL and subcontractors helped move furnishings removed from Jewish homes under the Nazi regime’s M-Aktion. The activity included shipments from the Netherlands to Germany and has become a central subject in assessments of the company’s wartime history.
1933
Forced removal of Jewish partner and Nazi-era collaboration
Jewish partner Adolf Maass was forced out of the business in 1933. Under Alfred and Werner Kühne, the company later participated in Nazi transport operations involving property confiscated from Jewish households in occupied Western Europe.