| 1975 | Licentia doctorate in Italian Literature and Sociology, University of Palermo |
| 1984-1991 | Teacher of Italian Literature, Rome |
| 1986 | Licentia doctorate in Law from the Department of Civil Law, University of Palermo |
| 1991-1996 | Judge, Criminal Law, Rome |
| 1996-2001 | Head of the Legislative Office of the Minister for Equal Opportunities, Italy |
| 1997-1999 | Member of the Italian delegation, Committee on the elaboration of the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) |
| 1997-2001 | Co-ordinator, Italian Inter-ministerial Committee of Government Action against Trafficking in Women and Children |
| 1998 | Member of the Italian delegation at the Conference of Rome in which the Statute of the International Criminal Court was approved |
| 1999-2000 | Member of the Italian delegation, Ad Hoc Committee on the Elaboration of a Convention against Transnational Organized Crime and the Protocol on Trafficking in Persons at the UN Commission for Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice in Vienna |
| Italian representative at all G-8 meetings of the Lyon Group concerning transnational organized crime, in particular the sub-group on smuggling of migrants and Trafficking in Persons |
| 2000-2002 | Vice-President of the National Advisory Committee of the Chief of Defence on co-ordination and evaluation of the recruitment and integration of female voluntary military personnel in the Armed Forced |
| 2001 | President of the Women, Health, HIV National Committee |
| 2001-2006 | Judge, Preliminary Investigation at the Criminal Court in Rome |
| 2002-2004 | Legal expert, LARA project of the Council of Europe on Criminal Law Reform on Trafficking in Human Beings in Eastern European countries |
| 2003-2006 | Member of the Committee for Equal Opportunities established by the National Superior Council of the Judiciary |
| 2003-2005 | Scientific Expert, Ad Hoc Committee on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings (CAHTEH), Council of Europe |
| 2006-2010 | Seconded National Expert at the European Commission, Directorate General for Justice, Freedom and Security |
| Co-ordinator, European Commission Expert Group on Trafficking in Human Beings |
| since 2009 | Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings, OSCE - Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe, Vienna |
