Who we are
Transcrime is the Joint Research Centre on Innovation and Crime of the Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, the Alma Mater Studiorum Università di Bologna and the Università degli Studi di Perugia.
The Centre was founded in 1994 by Prof. Ernesto Ugo Savona. Today it is based in Milan and has a staff of over 40 researchers and collaborators with multidisciplinary expertise. Transcrime’s resources come entirely from contracts and funding from private organisations and local, national and international public institutions.
Transcrime is also a key supporting body of the education activities provided by the Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore – Milan. In particular, the Centre supports the coordination of the curriculum ‘Criminology’ of the Bachelor’s Degree in Sociology, the curriculum ‘Crime & Security Analysis’ of the Master’s Degree in Public Policy and the International Ph.D. in Criminology.
“Facilitating effective crime prevention and control through innovative ideas, advanced analyses, cutting-edge techniques and international cooperation”
What we do
Transcrime employs an integrated approach (criminology, law, economics, statistics, sociology, forensic accounting, IT) to:
Analyse crimes (organised crime, economic crime, money laundering, illegal markets, urban crime)
Evaluate crime prevention policies
Analyse and identify criminogenic opportunities in legislation (crime proofing analysis)
Develop risk assessment and crime prevention strategies for public (e.g. law enforcement, public entities) and private actors (e.g. banks, professionals, companies)
Research areas
Our history
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1994
Transcrime started its activity on November 1st, 1994, as a Research Group on Transnational Crime within the Department of Law at the University of Trento.
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2000
Transcrime grew rapidly thanks to several important projects on transnational crime it carried out for the European Union and becomes an interdepartmental centre of the University of Trento
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2004
Transcrime became the Joint Research Centre on Transnational Crime of the University of Trento and the Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore of Milan. The headquarters is located in Trento.
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2010
The two associated Universities agreed to move Transcrime’s administrative headquarters from the University of Trento to the Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore of Milan.
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2015
Foundation of Crime&tech (www.crimetech.it), the spin-off company of the Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore - Transcrime.
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2016
Transcrime is a Joint research center of the Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, the Alma Mater Studiorum Università di Bologna and the Università degli Studi di Perugia.
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2024
Thirty years after its foundation, Transcrime works on projects across Europe, Latin America and Africa and is an international reference in criminological research.
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TODAY
in 2026, Transcrime completes its governance transition launched in recent years. A Scientific Council is also established to support international growth and ensure scientific continuity.
