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Curriculum Vitae
1951: Born, Gioia Tauro, Calabria
1973: Degree in sociology, University of Trento
1974-82: Lecturer and professor, University of Calabria
1984-86: Adviser to Italian parliament's commission of inquiry into the Mafia
1987-94: Associate professor, University of Florence
1991-94: Adviser to the interior ministry on creation of the DIA (Anti-Mafia Investigation Bureau)
1994-96: Member of the Italian Chamber of Deputies for the Democratic Party of the Left (PDS)
1994-: Lecturer and professor at University of Sassari
1996-97: Senator for the PDS
1997-2002: Deputy secretary-general of the UN, director-general of UN Offices in Vienna, executive director of the Office for Drug Control and Crime Prevention
2004: EU adviser on creation of anti- money laundering agency in Kosovo
2004-08: Adviser to Calabria's anti-Mafia body
2006: Adviser on security at the Beijing Olympic Games
2009-: Member of the European Parliament
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