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Antonio Mura
Born in Sassari (Sardinia, Italy) in 1954, he joined the Italian Magistracy in 1981 and he is now Deputy Prosecutor General of the Italian Supreme Court.
After having been public prosecutor in Livorno and then judge of the criminal court of Florence, Antonio Mura was elected as a member of the Italian High Council of the Judiciary (years 1994-1998). In that role he has also been President of the Commission for the evaluation of the professional skills of judges and public prosecutors and President of the Commission for judicial reforms.
Since 1998 he has been working as Deputy Prosecutor General of the Italian Supreme Court in Rome. The criminal cases dealt with in this capacity include several mafia cases (against the top management of criminal organizations from Sicily and other parts of Southern Italy, as well as the perpetrators of several murders, also of judges and public prosecutors), terrorism (attacks committed by the so-called Red Brigades, with murders of policemen), bribery, kidnappings, human trafficking etc. He is also a member of the Department for International Relations of the General Prosecution Office.
Frequently invited as a speaker at international congresses, he is author of articles on criminal justice, judicial organization and ethics, published both in Italian and in foreign legal reviews.
January 14th, 2010