Magistrate Calogero Ferrara

Calogero Ferrara has been working as a European Delegated Prosecutor at the European Public Prosecutor Office since May 2021.

He served as Deputy Prosecutor at the Office of the Prosecutor in Palermo from 2000 to 2021 as a member of the Antimafia District Department, of the Specialized Group for smuggling and trafficking of human beings, of the Special Department for terrorism, and of the Group for the judicial seizure and confiscation of criminal assets.

During his service he got used to dealing with preliminary investigations and prosecutions of organized crime (i.e., "Mafia cases"), smuggling and trafficking of human beings, terrorism, drug trafficking, financial and economic crimes, and environmental criminality.

He also worked as a trial attorney for two years (from 2007 to 2009) at the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia, a United Nations organ based in The Hague, where he performed in cases for war crimes, crimes against humanity, and genocide.

Moreover, he has a long experience as a speaker in training courses and seminars for judges, prosecutors, jurists, and law enforcement officers in Italy and abroad, appointed by different national and international institutions (Italian Superior Council for Magistrates, European Union, European Training Judicial Network, International Organization for Migrants, University of Coventry, University of Palermo, University of Cambridge, OSCE, Eurojust, Chinese National School for Prosecutors, Council of Europe, CEPOL, and others).

He was designated by US State Department for participating in the International Visitor Leadership Program on the topics “Combating trafficking in persons: a multiregional project,” held in numerous States from February to March 2018