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Terrorist Financing: Traditional vs. Emerging Financial Technologies
This study examines the use of traditional systems and emerging financial technologies for terrorist financing based on a dataset comprising 121 cases around the world. While there are speculations that terrorists are largely adopting emerging FinTechs like cryptocurrencies, our exploratory findings indicate that only 7 percent of cases involve such…
Threats and vulnerabilities of places of worship
SHRINEs Project's Final Report
New forms of, and risk factors for, high-level transnational corruption schemes
KLEPTOTRACE Handbook
Processing of personal data to prevent, investigate, detect and prosecute crimes
Recent technological developments offer significant new opportunities for public authorities and private actors to detect, prevent, investigate and prosecute crime through more effective collection, analysis and sharing of large volumes of data. However, their use is subject to a complex legal and judicial framework that requires a delicate balance between…
Financial crime risk assessment
Machine learning insights into ownership structures in secrecy firms
The Varieties of Money Laundering and the Determinants of Offender Choices
Two images dominate discussion of money laundering. Investigative journalists and politicians stress the variety and sophistication of methods that have been used to launder money of corrupt officials and white collar offenders. The research literature, largely dependent on criminal cases, emphasizes how unsophisticated and routine are the laundering methods used…
Project CAPSULE – Final Report
Collecting and sharing information on the Consumers’ Awareness about the Purchase of SUbstandard and falsified medicines onlinE to support better e-commerce practices
The trajectories of juvenile deviance
An exploratory study based on data from the Milan USSM
Third Party Risk Management in Italy
Current State and Future Vision
Comparing the criminal careers of organized crime offenders in Italy and the Netherlands
The concept of organized crime has dynamically evolved, with researchers contending that it is a social construct or an umbrella concept encompassing different empirical manifestations. Scholars have often suggested classifying organized crime groups into those involved in “racketeering” or “governing” and those engaged in “transit crime” or “trading.” However, these…
