{"id":34507,"date":"2025-12-03T10:22:33","date_gmt":"2025-12-03T09:22:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.transcrime.it\/storie\/grandi-opere-e-legalita-lesperienza-di-m4\/"},"modified":"2026-06-26T10:50:33","modified_gmt":"2026-06-26T08:50:33","slug":"grandi-opere-e-legalita-lesperienza-di-m4","status":"publish","type":"storie","link":"https:\/\/www.transcrime.it\/en\/stories\/grandi-opere-e-legalita-lesperienza-di-m4\/","title":{"rendered":"Integrity in Major Infrastructure Projects: The M4 Experience"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-path-to-node=\"1\">Despite ongoing debate in Italy regarding the risk of mafia infiltration in major infrastructure projects, data on anti-mafia screening in public procurement remains largely undocumented. To address this gap, the research centre <strong>Transcrime<\/strong>, its spin-off <strong>Crime&amp;tech<\/strong>, and <strong>M4 S.p.A.<\/strong> conducted the first empirical study in Italy on integrity controls within a major public project: the construction of Milan&#8217;s new &#8216;blue line&#8217; underground.<\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"2\">The study (available <a href=\"https:\/\/www.transcrime.it\/en\/publications\/major-public-projects-and-integrity-the-m4-experience\/\">here<\/a>) was presented at the Universit\u00e0 Cattolica. By examining the supply chain, the workforce involved, the anti-mafia checks performed, and risk profiling conducted via an innovative system &#8211; the anomaly indicators developed by Transcrime &#8211; the analysis quantified the scale and complexity of integrity safeguards within a strategic, multi-site project. 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