The Observatory of Crime, Corruption, and Victimization (OCCVI) is a global initiative dedicated to understanding how transnational criminal networks, large-scale corruption, and systemic victimization interact and reinforce each other.
Rooted in the principle that evidence and technology are essential in defending democracy, OCCVI provides an analytical platform for mapping and interpreting the deep structures that enable criminal power and institutional co-optation across regions and sectors.
Why OCCVI?
In a world where criminal structures have learned to mimic institutions, OCCVI offers a new language and methodology for naming, visualizing, and ultimately disarming the crime and corruption networks that operate in the shadows, beyond borders and ideologies.
How does OCCVI work?
OCCVI combines artificial intelligence, structured data analysis, and narrative insight to build a new way of observing criminal systems.
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ARCON (Automated Robotics for Criminal Observation Network) continuously retrieves and classifies thousands of media sources related to global corruption and organized crime.
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VORISOMA (Vortex Intelligence Software for Observation of Macro-criminality) translates that information into network maps that reveal connections, patterns, and responsibilities across time and space.
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Using these tools, OCCVI produces evidence-based articles, criminal structure analyses, and early warning signals that empower civil society, researchers, and institutions.
Who is OCCVI for?
OCCVI is a tool for all those seeking to understand and dismantle criminal structures that hide behind legality, power, or silence:
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Investigative journalists tracing complex webs of corruption and harm.
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Researchers and analysts building models of institutional co-optation.
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Civil society organizations defending human rights and accountability.
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Policymakers, multilateral agencies, and justice systems searching for actionable intelligence to reform systems under threat.
The ARCON Analysis Cycle
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Founder and Architect
Eduardo Salcedo-Albarán
Investigates how corruption and crime shape networks of power and harm. As founder of Vortex Foundation, SciVortex Corp and Vortex Noesis, he develops structural intelligence tools to expose systemic victimization and institutional co-optation.
Senior Researcher Fellow
Luis J. Garay-Salamanca
Economist and social thinker with five decades of work connecting illicit networks, institutional capture, and global inequality. With over 100 publications and experience advising ministries and multilateral agencies, he brings deep structural insight to the analysis of systemic harm.
Lead Systems Architect
José A. Cano-Melani
Software engineer specializing in the design of scalable, impact-driven technologies. With two decades of experience and international reach, he leads the development of OCCVI’s custom platforms, turning structural analysis into actionable tools.
Content Curator and Researcher
Louis Dannenhoffer
Louis is a graduate student focused on economic development and anti-corruption. At OCCVI, he supports the curation of structured content, bringing analytical rigor and a strong commitment to institutional integrity.