The Prefecture of Milan, the Public Prosecutor's Office at the Court of Milan, the Lombardy Region, the Metropolitan City, the Milan Monza Brianza Lodi Chamber of Commerce, the Polytechnic University of Milan, and the National Association of Italian Municipalities were also involved in the collaboration to eliminate criminal activity from the Games.

"I think the significant thing is to work more on sharing databases," said Mayor of Milan, Giuseppe Sala.

"Sometimes all of us are amazed, from the point of view of tax evasion or infiltration phenomena, of how, with all the data in our possession, it is not possible to prevent.

"The protocol is something in addition to some things that are already done."

The directives will follow the model of similar measures employed at Expo 2015, which was also hosted in the Lombardy capital.

It will mainly use an information database platform created by Italian technology company Infocamere Scpa, which can monitor and intercept the movements of suspicious companies at high speed.

If any potentially criminal activity is found, then the system will immediately alert authorities.

Despite Expo 2015's success of weeding out criminal activity, Prefect of Milan Renato Saccone feels the measures need to reach further than just Milan.

"We need a national agreement," said Saccone.

"The difference with respect to the protocol drawn up on the occasion of Expo in 2015 is that Expo 2015 had a single place, a single area of intervention.

"Milan Cortina, already from the name, tells us that there are more territories, more regions affected by works and the foundation is based in Milan and the company that takes care of the works is in Rome."

As well as the cross-referencing database, anti-mafia information is set to be provided to all subcontractors which will help to create stringent control of construction sites at Games' venues.

Penalties will then be handed out to companies who do not properly communicate the identification data of subcontractors.

Milanese councillors attended a remote meeting last month and unanimously voted in favour of adopting the anti-mafia measures.

Unlike the Expo, many of the organisations commissioning construction projects related to the Games will be private companies, with private funds also set to be used.

At the Expo, the initiative employed saw 66 anti-mafia bans handed out.

Police also made several arrests over alleged mafia involvement in projects linked to Expo 2015.