SCITA Project

(Stop Crimes in Transfer of Athletes)

Stop Crimes in Transfer of Athletes (S.C.I.T.A.) is an Erasmus+ Sport Collaborative Partnership funded by the European Union, that for the first time addresses crimes in athlete transfers through a systemic European approach. It targets economic crimes like corruption and money laundering, plus links to human trafficking (including minors), building on sport integrity challenges such as match-fixing and doping.

The project’s core purpose is to fill a critical gap: athlete transfer systems remain unaddressed by sport bodies and law enforcement. S.C.I.T.A. delivers deeper risk knowledge via data collection, prevention guidelines for EU sport clubs, policy recommendations for authorities and LEAs, widespread awareness raising, and a permanent EU Contact Group uniting state delegates, sport bodies and experts.

This effort unites a strong four-partner consortium across Italy, Romania, Slovenia and Greece:

  • Istituto Internazionale Italiano Studi Sport Società (IIISSS) (Italy), the coordinator, leads project management, data collection, output supervision and dissemination. As a top sport integrity think tank, it brings UN resolutions and G20 principles expertise.
  • Anticorruption General Directorate (AGD) (Romania), a public anti-corruption body, handles data collection, policy papers/recommendations and dissemination.
  • Olympiacos Syndesmos Filathlon Pireos (Olympiacos SFP) (Greece), a major sport club, contributes to data collection, sport club guidelines and dissemination.
  • Ženski Nogometni Klub Radomlje (ZNK Radomlje) (Slovenia), a women’s football club, supports data collection, guidelines and dissemination.

Key activities include data collection for a comprehensive report, workshops to develop prevention guidelines for clubs and policy tools for LEAs, a final hybrid seminar in Bucharest, and an online platform for the ongoing Contact Group.

S.C.I.T.A. equips sport clubs and authorities with practical tools for transparent, ethical transfers—ready for every partner website.

Project funded by the European Union. Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or the European Education and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA).  Neither the European Union nor EACEA can be held responsible for them