Financial Intelligence & Tracking for European Counter Terrorismcore
FINTERCEPT · Horizon Europe grant · 2026-11-01–2029-10-31
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About the data
Source: CORDIS (official EU open data), Horizon Europe. Framework HORIZON · call HORIZON-CL3-2025-01 · scheme HORIZON-RIA · topic HORIZON-CL3-2025-01-FCT-01. CORDIS record →
Objective
The FINTERCEPT project will develop and operationalise an explainable, and sustainable artificial intelligence (AI) framework for counter-terrorist-financing (CTF) intelligence, transforming fragmented analytical capacities into a unified, interoperable European ecosystem. The project introduces a distributed analytical twin—a digital representation of Europe’s financial-intelligence landscape—that learns, adapts, and operates across multiple jurisdictions without centralising sensitive data. This framework integrates advanced computational modelling, lawful data harmonisation, and multi-layered explainability to identify hidden typologies and transactional behaviours indicative of terrorist financing. FINTERCEPT’s AI architecture combines graph neural networks for networked entity analysis, anomaly-detection models for behavioural irregularities, and large language models capable of processing unstructured financial narratives and open-source intelligence. By linking quantitative and semantic reasoning, the system enables cross-domain interpretation and human-understandable insights, ensuring reliability, transparency, and auditability under the GDPR, AML directives, and the forthcoming EU AI Act. Privacy-preserving machine learning techniques, such as encryption and secure multi-party computation, safeguard data sovereignty while supporting collaborative intelligence across jurisdictions. The infrastructure will be validated through multi-level demonstrations in national and cross-border operational environments involving financial institutions, FIUs, and law-enforcement authorities. These pilots will evaluate analytical accuracy, interoperability, and legal admissibility, generating evidence for large-scale deployment. FINTERCEPT’s long-term ambition is to establish a lawful, trustworthy, and human-centric AI paradigm for European financial-intelligence analysis, strengthening institutional resilience, enhancing cross-border cooper
Beneficiaries (10)
| Organisation | Country | Role | EC contribution | SME |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| IDRYMA TECHNOLOGIAS KAI EREVNAS | EL | coordinator | €772,500 | |
| KENTRO MELETON ASFALEIAS | EL | participant | €473,750 | Yes |
| ENGINEERING - INGEGNERIA INFORMATICA SPA | IT | participant | €431,875 | |
| DIGINNOV - DIGITAL INNOVATION CONSULTING S.R.L. | IT | participant | €300,000 | Yes |
| SISAMINISTERIO (SM) | FI | participant | €232,500 | |
| EUROPEAN PUBLIC LAW ORGANIZATION | EL | participant | €195,625 | |
| HELLENIC POLICE | EL | participant | €171,875 | |
| MINISTERSTVO VNUTRA SLOVENSKEJ REPUBLIKY | SK | participant | €144,500 | |
| AN GARDA SIOCHANA | IE | participant | €139,375 | |
| KEENNOVATE SRO | SK | participant | €131,320 | Yes |
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