2022: a great success for Transcrime and Crime&tech in leading innovative research for reducing crime
The year 2022 marks a great success for our research centre Transcrime and its spin-off Crime&tech. We were awarded more than 18 projects:
- 5 Horizon Europe projects;
- 5 DG Home – Internal Security Fund (ISF) projects;
- 1 DG Justice project;
- 7 projects funded by other institutions;
- And a high number of new clients acquired by Crime&tech.
We would like to thank everyone who helped us in achieving this significant result!
Horizon Europe projects:
- CEASEFIRE – Advanced versatile artificial intelligence technologies and interconnected cross-sectoral fully-operational national focal points for combating illicit firearms trafficking
- EMERITUS – Environmental crimes’ intelligence and investigation protocol based on multiple data sources
- FERMI – Fake News Risk Mitigator
- PARSEC – Parcel and Letter Security for Postal and Express Courier Flows
- TENACITY – Travelling Intelligence Against Crime and Terrorism
Internal Security Fund projects:
- ALLIES – AI-based framework for supporting micro (and small) HSPs on the report and removal of online terrorist content
- DATACROS II – Empowering a tool to assess corruption risk factors in firms’ ownership structure
- INVERT – Identifying companies and victims in the exploitation phase to disrupt the financial business model of adult and child labour trafficking
- KLEPTOTRACE – Strengthening EU asset recovery and sanction tracing against transnational high-level corruption
- SHRINES – Raising awareness for the protection of places of worship by promoting interfaith dialogue on the use of advanced technologies
DG Justice projects:
- RECOVER – Mutual recognition of freezing and confiscation orders between efficiency and the rule of law
Other:
- Infiltrazione della criminalità organizzata nel tessuto economico regionale di Regione Lombardia (Learn More)
- Diagnóstico del marco legal, regulatorio, institucional y tecnológico del Registro de Beneficiarios Finales de República Dominicana (Learn More)
- Institutional capacity and illicit financial flows in Latin America and the Caribbean (Learn More)
- Identification and evaluation of conflict of interests (Learn More)
- Methodology for the assessment of risks of illicit financial flows related to corruption, tax evasion and tax avoidance in selected African countries – REAP Initiative (Learn More)
- Analysis of ownership structures and shareholders in targeted countries and their linkages with jurisdictions with opaque financial sector – REAP Initiative (Learn More)
- CSAE – Study on the implementation of the Directive on Child Sexual abuse and assessment of its impact (Learn More)

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New year, new challenges, new logo. Message from the Director
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Merry Christmas and happy new year
Transcrime research center and its spin-off Crime&tech wish you a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. Thanks to all those who keep following us and to those who contribute to our research activity for crime prevention and control. Transcrime and Crime&tech staff.

Transcrime has been awarded as coordinator project INVERT
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Collaboration between Università Cattolica – Transcrime and Dipartimento Giustizia Minorile e di Comunità of the Ministry of Justice
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The second Newsletter of Project MEDI-THEFT with Transcrime analysis on organized theft of medicine
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