Transcrime is a Joint Research Centre on Transnational Crime

Transnational crime

Transnational crimes are crimes that have actual or potential effect across national borders and crimes which are intra-State but which offend fundamental values of the international community...

 between the Università degli Studi di Trento and the Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore

Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore

Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore is a privately-owned Catholic university founded in 1921 by Agostino Gemelli. Its main campus is located in Milan, Italy with satellite campuses in Brescia, Piacenza, Cremona, Rome, and Campobasso...

 of Milan

Milan

Milan is the second-largest city in Italy and the capital city of the region of Lombardy and of the province of Milan. The city proper has a population of about 1.3 million, while its urban area, roughly coinciding with its administrative province and the bordering Province of Monza and Brianza ,...

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The Centre has two main offices: Trento

Trento

Trento is an Italian city located in the Adige River valley in Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol. It is the capital of Trentino...

 and Milan. Both carry out research

Research

Research can be defined as the scientific search for knowledge, or as any systematic investigation, to establish novel facts, solve new or existing problems, prove new ideas, or develop new theories, usually using a scientific method...

 activities, and the administration office is concentrated in Trento. Another office has been established in Padua

Padua

Padua is a city and comune in the Veneto, northern Italy. It is the capital of the province of Padua and the economic and communications hub of the area. Padua's population is 212,500 . The city is sometimes included, with Venice and Treviso, in the Padua-Treviso-Venice Metropolitan Area, having...

 for the management of the Regional Observatory on Urban Security in the Veneto

Veneto

Veneto is one of the 20 regions of Italy. Its population is about 5 million, ranking 5th in Italy.Veneto had been for more than a millennium an independent state, the Republic of Venice, until it was eventually annexed by Italy in 1866 after brief Austrian and French rule...

 Region.

Transcrime is directed by Ernesto U. Savona, professor of criminology

Criminology

Criminology is the scientific study of the nature, extent, causes, and control of criminal behavior in both the individual and in society...

 at the Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore of Milan. Every office has a research coordinator, a research team, a secretariat

Secretariat

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 and a support staff. An electronic document

Electronic document

An electronic document is any electronic media content that are intended to be used in either an electronic form or as printed output....

ation service is available to researchers.

Transcrime's funding

Funding

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 comes from contracts with local administrations, national bodies, international corporation

Corporation

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s and the European Union

European Union

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External links

• Transcrime - Official website
• Università degli Studi di Trento
• Università del Sacro Cuore of Milan