Datacros tool

The DATACROS tool

Project DATACROS I has developed a prototype tool for risk assessment of legitimate companies, able to detect anomalies in firms’ ownership structure that can flag high risks of collusion, corruption and money laundering. You can find summary information on the first version of the tool in the section Restricted Area of the Datacros tool summary report.

During the second phase of the project, the tool will be empowered, validated by a wider set of end-users in 4 operational scenarios, fully deployed and made available to public authorities for daily operations. In particular:

  1. A wider set of risk indicators, suggested by the Consortium and Advisory Board members through the Multi-stakeholder platform, will be included;
  2. New data sources (company financials, procurement data, sanctions/enforcement data, PEPs) with global coverage (200 countries, 300+ million firms) will be integrated, allowing to trace complex networks also beyond EU borders;
  3. New risk assessment functionalities, and machine learning-based entity resolution algorithms, will be developed;
  4. The tool’s IT security and personal data protection requirements will be enhanced with a full set of vulnerability assessments/penetration tests (VA/PT) and of DPIAs, so as to ensure its compliance with governing laws at EU and national level (e.g. Directive 680/2016 and GDPR);
  5. The tool will be validated by a wider base of end-users: LEAs, AROs, ACAs, CAs, investigative journalists of the consortium. Each groups of stakeholders will test the DATACROS II tool in use-case scenarios related to specific operational contexts.

You can access the Privacy Policy of the DATACROS I tool here.

 For further information, please contact:

Antonio Bosisio (antonio.bosisio@unicatt.it)

Michele Riccardi (michele.riccardi@unicatt.it)