The changes in ownership of Italian companies during the Covid-19 emergency

The study presents the results of an analysis carried out by Transcrime, a research center of the Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, supported by Bureau van Dijk, about the changes in ownership of Italian companies during the Covid-19 emergency and on the potential risks of criminal infiltration and money laundering.

Specifically, this report constitutes a preliminary analysis about company ownership changes to identify any anomalies and risk factors among the new beneficial owners and ownership structures that could be signals of suspicious situations of money laundering and criminal infiltration.