Aerial view of Balneário Camboriú’s dense coastal skyline, showing colourful mid‑rise buildings packed closely together along a bright turquoise shoreline.

Paradise under construction: how urban growth fuels money laundering across touristic cities in the Global South

Fabiano Angélico, senior researcher at the Public Integrity Research Group (GRIP) – Università della Svizzera italiana (USI), and Prof. Jean‑Patrick Villeneuve (GRIP &USI) share early insights from the “Corruption in Paradise” project. They explore how rapid urban…