DATACROS II

DATACROS II is a research project co-funded by the European Union Internal Security Fund – Police (101038736 — ISFP-2020-AG-CORRUPT) which aimed at enhancing the Datacros prototype tool developed during the first part of the project (DATACROS) to detect anomalies in firms’ ownership structure that can flag high risks of money laundering, collusion, and corruption in the European single market.

During the second phase of the project, the tool has been tested in operational scenarios with a wide range of end-users: Law Enforcement Agencies (LEAs), Asset Recovery Offices (AROs), Anti-corruption authorities (ACAs), Competition Authorities (CAs), and investigative journalists.

The project consortium, led by Transcrime, brought together 18 institutions from seven EU countries (Italy, Romania, Spain, France, Belgium, Lithuania and the Czech Republic) and international organisations. They included law enforcement agencies and asset recovery offices (Europol, ANABI, the Spanish National Police, the Belgian Federal Police and the French Judicial Police), anti-corruption agencies (Agence française anticorruption, ANAC, the Balearic Islands Anti-Corruption Office, ANI, DNA and the Network of Corruption Prevention Authorities), competition authorities (the Autorité de la concurrence, the Competition Council of Lithuania and ÚOHS) and investigative journalists and civil society organisations (IrpiMedia, RISE Project and OCCRP).

A third phase of the project (DATACROS III) further expanded the tool’s scope across new financial domains and data sources, integrating advanced AI-driven analytics functions to detect high-risk entities and reducing false positives – ensuring compliance with EU regulations.

Watch the video-pills of the project’s final webinar HERE

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