Inside the Corruption Maze: Data-led Strategies to Investigate Corruption
Training session under the EU co-funded project SECURE
18 June 2026 | h. 10:00 – 14:00 CEST
Online, via Webex
Public authorities, law enforcement agencies and journalists face a paradox: while data is more abundant than ever, information fragmentation and saturation are capitalized upon by criminals to conceal complex corruption schemes, making it harder to isolate risk signals from noise.
The first training session of the SECURE project moves beyond theoretical frameworks to provide practical tools for anti-corruption investigative intelligence. Thanks to contributions from officials and researchers with proven expertise in the field, the webinar equips practitioners with advanced methodologies for accessing and navigating datasets, turning raw information into actionable intelligence, and deconstructing the interplay between open-source intelligence, corporate data and procurement patterns.
The training will address:
- Operational law enforcement techniques, combining open and restricted data sources to identify risks.
- Relevant open-source intelligence and the challenges of data acquisition in journalistic investigations.
- Corporate indicators to investigate corruption and the investigative tool developed by Transcrime within DATACROS III to detect risks and unravel complex ownership structures.
- The role of public procurement databases and contracting records.
Event organised by Transcrime under the EU co-funded project SECURE (Strengthening EU Collaboration to Uncover and Resist Emerging Corruption), coordinated by Transparency International.
Event agenda available here.
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- Registration deadline: 15 June.
- Free of charge participation.
- The link to attend via Webex will be forwarded in the days immediately preceding the webinar.
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