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Transcrime awarded ISF project SECURE to strengthen anti-corruption enforcement
SECURE is a research project co-funded by the European Union’s Internal Security Fund. Its aim is to strengthen anti-corruption efforts across Europe by addressing current and emerging threats. The project will enhance anti-corruption enforcement by: reviewing the anti-corruption pillar of the EU Rule of Law (RoL) report and analysing obstacles to…

Conference: ‘Assessing risks in the supply-chain”
A conference in Italian will be held on 4 June at the Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore in Milan. It will bring together researchers, authorities and compliance and security professionals from leading Italian companies to discuss risk assessment in supply chains. Date and time: 4…

NextIJ training sessions for investigative journalists
The Next-IJ project is offering a series of three online investigative journalism workshops designed to improve the skills of European journalists in key areas such as data journalism, investigative techniques and the essential ethical and legal frameworks needed for effective reporting. These workshops will take…

25 years of the ESC – memories of Ernesto Savona (ESC President 2003-2004)
The following article was produced by Professor Ernesto Savona, Director of Transcrime, on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the European Society of Criminology and is available on the ESC website. In 2003, when I was elected President of the ESC, the driving idea was the opening of…

Four journeys into criminology: meet the PhD students of the XL cycle
What pathways lead to a PhD in criminology? For Davide, Gaia, Alessandro, and Sara, the answer is as varied as their backgrounds. Yet, for each of them, it was a blend of personal passion, professional experience, and intellectual curiosity. Finance, engineering, law, and statistics. Each…

High-Level Corruption: An Analysis of Schemes, Costs and Policy Recommendations
The FALCON project has published a comprehensive policy brief that examines corruption schemes and societal impact, and provides policy recommendations to enhance anti-corruption efforts across Europe. Corruption, defined broadly as the misuse of public office for private gain, undermines civil, political, and economic rights, erodes trust in institutions and hinders…