Description:
The database contains cases of political corruption related to lobbying activities, political financing, revolving doors, personal connections, and media (specifically, media capture). Cases of political corruption are primarily drawn from open sources and academic literature, with a geographical representation of events that occurred in 15 different countries in Europe and beyond. The dataset reports a wide range of features and characteristics of the included episodes of corruption, including actor types, sub-types of corruption, legal and informal consequences faced, the means by which it was uncovered, and the involvement of digital technologies. The dataset relied on desk research supplemented by paid databases, notably LexisNexis MetaBase. The dataset metadata is openly available. 

DOI / Persistent Identifier: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17812851

License: CC BY 4.0

Creators:

Michael VictorLo Giudice,  TRANSCRIME-Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore

Lorena AndreeaAxinte,  TRANSCRIME-Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore

AlessandroCorti,  TRANSCRIME-Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore

SaraValle,  TRANSCRIME-Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore

Michele Riccardi, TRANSCRIME-Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore

Contributors:

Marcia Grimes, UGOT

Fernanda Odilla, Alessandra Lo Piccolo, Alice Fubini, Unibo

Jana Schwenk, UGOT

Mihaly Fazekas, CEU

Czibik, Ágnes, GTI

Roxana Bratu, KCL

Sofia Wicksberg UVA

Contact Person(s):
Michele Riccardi, TRANSCRIME-Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, michele.riccardi@unibo.it

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