The Director

Dirigente Generale di Pubblica Sicurezza

Maurizio VALLONE

Born on 17 October 1960 in Naples, in December 1983 Maurizio Vallone graduated in Law cum laude at the University of Naples Federico II.
In 1987 he won the public competition for Vice Commissario of the Polizia di Stato.
After completing the training course, on 2.8.1988 he was assigned to the Telecommunications Operations Centre at Rome Police Headquarters.
In February 1989 he was assigned to the Central Anti-Crime Unit of the Criminal Police Central Directorate – Department of Public Security. After his specialization in Economic Crime and Cybercrime at the Scuola Superiore Reiss Romoli in L’Aquila, he was appointed Head of the Cybercrime Section at the Central Operations Service of the Italian State Police.
He carried out many investigations into cybercrime and, as the Italian representative, he participated in the Italy – US bilateral Committee on Cybercrime and in the European Interpol Committee on Cybercrime. From 1989 to 1993 he carried out investigations into the Sicilian Mafia which led to the arrest of important Mafia fugitives, the dismantling of the Madonia – Galatolo families and the arrest of the murders of the entrepreneur Libero Grassi.
On 1.9.1993 he was assigned to the D.I.A. Field Office in Naples where he started the investigations leading to the Spartacus Investigation on the Casalesi clan. On 19.2.1997 he was assigned to the Criminal Investigation Unit in Naples, where, as Deputy  Head,  he was responsible  for the Economic Crime Section, for the Anti-Extortion Section and finally  for the Organized Crime Section.
On 12.06.2004 he was appointed Head of the Border Police Office at Leonardo da Vinci Fiumicino Airport.
On 4.12.2008 he was appointed Head of the D.I.A. Field Office in Naples.
On 4.8.2013 he was appointed Head of the Service for the Territory Control Centre of the Central Anticrime Directorate of the State Police.
On 26 March 2019 he was appointed Questore of Reggio Calabria.
On 1 October 2020 he was appointed Director of the Anti-mafia Investigation Department.

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