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CSABOT – Beneficial Owners of European Companies
The paper “Beneficial Owners of European Companies (and Related Risks)” presents the research conducted by Transcrime, within the CSABOT project, on risk factors and anomaly indicators in the ownership structure of European companies. These indicators are then applied to 4,500 companies owning 505k real estate properties in Paris, mapping the…
AML Data Sharing
AML Data Sharing: a survey on sharing data for anti-money laundering purposes is the first research conducted in Italy and in Europe on the exchange of information between obliged entities for anti-money laundering and countering the financing of terrorism (AML/CFT). The study consulted the 44 main Italian intermediaries (equivalent to…
Places and crime
Understanding, analysing, predicting and managing criminal risks spatially Crime is not distributed randomly across space. A small number of places have the highest concentration of crime because of the presence of particular physical, social or functional characteristics that can facilitate or encourage criminal behaviour. Understanding and analysing the…
Investigating High-Risk Firms
A Machine Learning-based Approach to Cross-Border Ownership Data Corporate ownership secrecy has become a central issue in the global debate as the use of legitimate companies in illicit schemes has increased dramatically in recent times. While several measures have been implemented worldwide to increase the transparency of firms and their…
The theft of medicines in the EU
The study presents some key results collected through the analysis of the theft of medicines and medical devices within the EU and beyond. First outlining a definition of this crime, the report provides insights on the relevance of studying and analysing this crime, then proceeding to quintify its size. Through…
Juvenile Gangs in Italy
Research in Brief
FATA – From Awareness to Action
The final report of Project FATA – From awareness to action represents the first systematic analysis in Italy that studies the evolution and modi operandi of counterfeiting in online markets. The study develops from the unprecedented collaboration between Crime&tech, spin-off company of Transcrime e Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore and…
The Evolution of Illicit Flows
Displacement and Convergence among Transnational Crime
Organized Crime Groups
A Systematic Review of Individual-Level Risk Factors Related to Recruitment…
Money Laundering Blacklists
What are the criteria used by Financial Action Task Force (FATF) and the European Union to blacklist jurisdictions at high-risk of money laundering? What are the countries at highest risk according to Panama Papers and FinCEN files? Where do criminals move their illicit money, according to judicial and investigative evidence? This book answers…
