Transcrime, the joint research centre on innovation and crime at the Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore and RESPOND partner, has been working on a common database of corruption cases to help RESPOND researchers determine how corruption works and its impact on today’s digital societies. The database will also be an important tool to track and map the use of personal connections and revolving doors.

The first cases in the database have been successfully logged.

The Transcrime team is analysing academic literature, reports from public institutions and NGOs, and open sources such as journalistic investigations and media coverage. It’s working with other partners to understand what data they will need from across geographical regions, business sectors and corruption typologies.