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Kick-off meeting of the FALCON project
On 20-21 September, the FALCON project kick-off meeting was held in Athens together with the consortium partners. FALCON (Fight Against Large-scale Corruption and Organised Crime Networks) is a three-year project funded by the European Commission under the Horizon Europe programme, which aims to fight corruption in the EU. This objective…
ESC 2023 – Transcrime Speaking Agenda
XXIII Annual Conference – European Society of Criminology “The Renaissance Of European Criminology” 6-9 September 2023 – Florence Also this year, Transcrime and Crime&tech studies will be presented by our researchers at the 23rd ESC Annual Conference (https://eurocrim2023.com/). Among the topics we will address: illicit trafficking,…
Transcrime awarded RESPOND: a Horizon Europe project against political corruption
Transcrime has been awarded the new project RESPOND, funded by the European Commission under the Horizon Europe programme. RESPOND (Rescuing Democracy from Political Corruption in Digital Societies) aims to study the phenomenon of political corruption and illicit influence in digital societies, and propose solutions to counter it. In fact, the…
Research Drives Innovation: Transcrime Risk Assessment Approach
Discover our innovative risk assessment approach. Transcrime’s research in criminology, law, economics, data science, sociology, forensic accounting and IT, are translated by Crime&tech into tools, indicators, models and applications. Read the depliant:…
Kick-Off Meeting Of INVERT Project
On July 4, Transcrime hosted the kick-off meeting of the INVERT project (Identifying compaNies and Victims in the Exploitation phase to disRupt the financial business model of adult and child labour Trafficking). The project, co-funded by the European Union, aims to strengthen criminal investigations on adult and child labour exploitation,…
Summer School on Crypto and Anti-Money Laundering – II Edition
Registrate to participate in the second edition of the Summer School on Crypto and Anti-Money Laundering. It’s organized by Transcrime – Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, in collaboration with Crime&tech and Deloitte. The lessons will be held on June 29-30 and July 6-7, with online participation. The deadline for registrations is June 25th. After the success of the…
Kick-off meeting of the KLEPTOTRACE Project – Milan
The Kick-off meeting of KLEPTOTRACE project took place on June 8th at Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore in Milan. The Consortium partners convened to plan the roadmap for the upcoming two years. The project, funded by the European Commission, aims to combat high-level corruption and facilitate the recovery of…
“AML Data Sharing”: the new report on data sharing for AML/CFT purposes
The new report AML Data Sharing: a survey on sharing data for anti-money laundering purposes has been published today. It is the first research conducted in Italy and in Europe on the exchange of information between obliged entities for anti-money laundering and countering the financing of terrorism (AML/CFT). The study…
Transcrime has been awarded the VANGUARD and FALCON projects under the Horizon Europe program
Transcrime has been awarded as a partner two new European projects in the security sector, Vanguard and Falcon. These projects are funded by the European Commission under the Horizon Europe program. The Vanguard project (adVANced technoloGical solutions coupled with societal-oriented Understanding and AwaReness for…
New year, new challenges, new logo. Message from the Director
Transcrime was established in 1994 as a Joint Research Centre on Transnational Crime, anticipating scholars, practitioners and policy makers on this issue. Six years later, the signature of the United Nations Convention on Transnational Organised Crime consolidated the past successful experiences of combatting transnational crime and opened the way for…
“The theft of medicines in the EU”: the new report on pharmaceutical crime
Today we published the report “The theft of medicines in the EU”, the new paper presenting key results of the Medi-Theft Project. The study was conducted by Marco Dugato and Cosimo Sidoti in collaboration with AIFA – Agenzia Italiana del farmaco, Arma dei Carabinieri, Fondazione SAFE, Affordable Medicines Europe…
The new study mapping Juvenile Gangs presence in Italy
Today we published the new report which has focused on analysing Juvenile Gangs in Italy, providing a new classification and map of their presence in our country. This study, written by Transcrime – Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore together with the Servizio Analisi Criminale del Dipartimento della Pubblica Sicurezza del…
The new report on criminal schemes in online counterfeiting
Today was published the final report of project FATA – From Awareness To Action, the new study by our spin-off Crime&tech and the Direzione Centrale della Polizia Criminale – Ministero dell’Interno on online counterfeiting. The project was carried out with the support of Amazon and was developed to study…
Transcrime and Crime&tech awarded with 5 Horizon Europe projects
Transcrime, together with its spin-off Crime&tech, is awarded five Horizon Europe projects, from cluster number 3 of the programme, focusing on Civil Security. Horizon Europe is a key funding programme for research and innovation created by the European Union. It aims at facilitating the developing of new and innovative solutions…
TOM – The Ownership Monitor: a new hub for analysing business ownership structures
Transcrime and Crime&tech launch TOM – The Ownership Monitor. This is an innovative hub which collects all our research and development projects aimed at analysing business ownership structures and their links with crime. TOM is producing analyses, tools and trainings. We are partnering with company and BO registries, business…
