Andrea Verzeletti

Putting the pieces together: A case report on human remains identification driven by tattoo recognition

Dismemberment is a relatively uncommon phenomenon in forensic pathology; its aim is to hinder identification and facilitate corpse concealment. We present a case of fragmented remains where facial recognition was impossible and fingerprints yielded no matches in law enforcement d...

Operation Melilli, forensic humanitarian medico legal activities on the largest known Mediterranean disaster: the shipwreck of April 18th, 2015

On April 18th, 2015, a boat carrying about 1,000 migrants sank in the Strait of Sicily, prompting one of the most complex recovery missions ever conducted in the Mediterranean. Operation Melilli was the first time a European Government authorized the recovery of a sunken migrant...