Italian Speaking Working Group

The Ge.F.I. ("Genetisti Forensi Italiani"; formerly "Gruppo Ematologici Forensi Italiani") was created in 1964 and it consists of approximately 100 scientists, mostly of the forensic area. The requirements for being enrolled in the GeFI are, in this order:

• to be a practitioner in the field
• to be accepted by the ISFG

Since 2006, the group has worked on collaborative exercises on a number of topics, including Y-STRs, X-STRs, Y-SNPs, and mini STRs. Recommendations on personal identification analysis by forensic laboratories were recently prepared by a group of experts from the Ge.F.I working group, belonging to ten laboratories from Italian universities, Forensic Science Laboratories of the Carabinieri Force (Raggruppamento Carabinieri Investigazioni Scientifiche – Ra.C.I.S.), the Police Force and members of the Italian Society of Human Genetics (Società Italiana di Genetica Umana – SIGU). GeFI guidelines are available for downloading. Please visit the new Ge.F.I. website for all further information, including the new system for proficiency testing.

2018 Meeting:

The 27th (XXVII) Ge.F.I. meeting was held in Catanzaro, September 5-7, 2018. The meeting website has all the relevant information. In addition, the first ISFG Summer School has been organized in Catanzaro on September 3-4, 2018 with a selection of 1/2-day, 1-day and 2-day courses in forensic genetics; please see http://www.summerschool18.com/

President

Vice President

Secretary

Treasurer

Past-President