Brigadier General Salvatore RUSSO is an officer of the “Guardia di Finanza” (the Italian Economic and Financial Police). He has a degree in “Law”, “Economic and Financial Security Sciences” and in “International and Diplomatic Sciences”: he also has a master’s degree in “Corporate Tax Law”.
Before obtaining the rank of Brigadier General (2020), he headed operational departments of the Guardia di Finanza and conducted investigations in areas with high “Mafia” presence (Naples, Sicily and Apulia), as well as “joint investigation teams” with Police Forces from Serbia, United Kingdom, Switzerland, Spain and Albania.
Throughout his career, he has also participated, as a teacher, in numerous training activities and at the Guardia di Finanza Academy he taught Judicial Police and Organized Crime to young officer cadets.
From 2020 to 2024 he was attaché of the Guardia di Finanza at the Italian Embassy in Washington D.C. (U.S.A.) with diplomatic accreditation in Canada and Mexico.
He was lectured for two years at Georgetown University and American University on “Product counterfeiting and trademark”.
Since September 2024 he is the Guardia di Finanza’s attaché in Spain and Andorra based at the Italian Embassy.