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Transcrime is the Joint research center of the Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, the Alma Mater Studiorum Università di Bologna and the Università degli Studi di Perugia. The Centre is directed by Ernesto U. Savona
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Transcrime’s Alignment with Europe’s Security Priorities
On 18 July, ahead of her re-election as President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen presented her programme for the next five years to the European Parliament plenary. Amid increasing external and internal criminal threats to democratic values, the rule of law, and the free market, her speech…
Illicit medicines online: CAPSULE report published
Six out of Ten Illegal Online Ads for Medicines Are Not Recognised by Consumers Only half (53%) of online advertisements for medicines are correctly categorized by consumers as legitimate or illicit. This result emerged from project CAPSULE, conducted by Transcrime–Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore in cooperation with the…
Juvenile delinquency in Italy: violence on the rise, but not the number of offences
The violent nature of the crimes committed by young people is on the rise and the age at which they commit their first crime is falling, but the number of cases is not increasing. This is the result of a study we carried out on the basis of data from…
RESPOND Kick-Off Meeting
On 22-24 May, the kick-off meeting of the RESPOND project took place at the Alma Mater Studiorum of the University of Bologna together with the consortium partners. RESPOND – Rescuing Democracy from Political Corruption in Digital Societies – is a five-year project funded by the European Commission’s Horizon Europe programme…
Conference: “Juvenile Deviance in Italy: Episodes or Transformation?”
Date: 17 June 2024 Time: 9.30am – 1.30pm Location: Catholic University of the Sacred Heart (Milan), Largo Gemelli 1 Room: Cripta Aula Magna In Italian Public perceptions of juvenile delinquency are often influenced by a distorted and alarmist narrative. But what do the official…
Infiltration into the legal economy: the advanced stage of organised crime in Italy
A one-day conference on ‘The Dynamics of Criminal Infiltration in the Economy: Risks and Remedies‘ was held at the Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore in Milan. The initiative, organised by Transcrime-Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore and ANFACI (Associazione Nazionale Funzionari Amministrazione Civile dell’Interno), brought together researchers, prefects, magistrates, business and…
