Giuseppe Sernia
Italian Navy officer for 10 years, Giuseppe Sernia has been embarked for 4 years as legal advisor, deployed in UNIFIL and EUNAVFOR ATALANTA.
Giuseppe qualified as Avvocato in Italy in 2002, specialized in maritime law.
Giuseppe joined UNODC in 2015 as regional coordinator in the Gulf of Guinea and West Africa for the UNODC Global Maritime Crime Programme (GMCP), serving in Senegal, Nigeria, Gabon.
Currently based in Libya, Giuseppe currently coordinates UNODC Border Management Branch legal work, including on maritime crime globally.
Giuseppe Sernia has been awarded an LLM in maritime law at the University of Southampton (UK) in 2010, and LLM at the University of Bologna in 2000.