Database of Municipal Corruption Cases in Italy (2015–2023)

This dataset provides a municipality-year database on corruption-related events reported by Italian municipalities with population equal or greater 15000 inhabitants for the period 2015–2023. The dataset combines manually collected information from the annual RPCT reports published by municipalities with administrative identifiers and contextual socio-economic variables. Corruption-related variables are derived from the annual report of the municipal officer responsible for corruption prevention and transparency (RPCT), using standardized ANAC reporting items. The dataset also includes municipality identifiers, resident population and taxable income per capita.