The fight against trafficking in human beings in EU: promoting legal cooperation and victims' protection (Novembre 2011 – in corso), awarded by the European Commission (partner);

Assessment of the challenges regarding organized crime in Latin America and proposal on how to measure and how to use statistical data to measure organized crime in the region (Ottobre 2011 – in corso), awarded by UNODC (Centre of Excellence for Statistics on Governance, Public Security, Victimization and Justice in Mexico) and INEGI (Instituto, National de Estatistica y Geografia), MEXICO (coordinatore);

EU Survey to assess the level and impact of crimes against business – Phase 2: Piloting the survey module (Settembre 2011 – in corso), awarded by the European Commission, DG JLS (partner);

BOWNET - Identifying the Beneficial OWner of legal entities in the fight against money laundering NETwork (Marzo 2011 – in corso), awarded by European Commission (coordinatore);

FAKES - Fighting Against brand counterfeiting in three Key European member states. Towards a more comprehensive strategy (Agosto 2009 - Agosto 2011), awarded by European Commission (coordinatore);

CARDS - Development of monitoring instruments for judicial and law enforcement institutions in the Western Balkans (Febbraio 2009 -Luglio 2011), awarded by European Commission (coordinatore);

EU Survey to assess the level and impact of crimes against business – Phase 1: Requirements gathering, awarded in 2008 by the European Commission, DG JLS (coordinatore);

Mainstreaming Methodology for the Estimation of the Costs of Crime (Gennaio 2007-Dicembre 2008), awarded in 2006 by the DG Research, European Commission, under the EU VI Framework Programme for Research and Technological Development (partner);

L'implementazione dell'analisi criminale (Settembre 2007-2008), finanziato dal Ministero dell'Interno PON sicurezza 2002-2006  (coordinatore);

Cost Benefit Analysis of Transparency Requirements in the Company/Corporate Field and Banking Sector relevant for the fight against Money Laundering and other Financial Crime (Settembre 2006 - Febbraio 2007), awarded by the European Commission (coordinator);

MAVUS II - Method for and Assessment of the Vulnerability of legal Sectors (Dicembre 2005 – Dicembre 2006), awarded by the European Commission under Programme AGIS 2005 (partner);

Politiche criminali e non contro la criminalità organizzata PRIN 2005 (Ministero dell'Istruzione (cordinatore);

Study to assess the scope of and collect available statistics and meta-data on five crime types and propose harmonised definitions and collection procedures for these types of crime for the EU Member States and the acceding countries (Dicembre 2005 - Agosto 2006), awarded by the European Commission (coordinatore);

Improving Knowledge on Organised Crime to develop a common European approach (IKOC) (Giugno 2004 - Dicembre 2006), awarded by the DG Research, European Commission, under the VI Framework Programme for Research and Technological Development (coordinatore);

Study on a EU regulation for anonymous witnesses and the protection of threatened witnesses or ex-members of criminal gangs who wish to cooperate with the judicial authorities (Dicembre 2004 - Giugno 2005), awarded by the European Commission under Programme AGIS 2004 (coordinatore);

Developing Mechanisms for Assessing the Risk of Crime Due to Legislation and Products in Order to Proof Them Against Crime at an EU Level (MARC) (Maggio 2004 - Agosto 2006), awarded by the DG Research, European Commission, under the VI Framework Programme for Research and Technological Development (coordinatore);

Italian Operative Programme for the Development of Southern Italy 2000-2006. Contract for a Study aimed at Defining Impact Indicators (Febbraio 2004 - Giugno 2004), awarded by the Italian Ministry of Interior (coordinatore);

EUSTOC-Developing an EU STatistical Apparatus for measuring Organised Crime, assessing its risk and evaluating organised crime policies (Novembre 2003 - Ottobre 2004), awarded by the European Commission under Programme AGIS 2003 (coordinatore).