New Specialised Prosecutor Named

Jack Smith, the US prosecutor with experience in high-ranking political investigations and international criminal investigations, was appointed a specialised prosecutor following a selective process organised by the European Union.

He will be the successor of David Schwarzman, the first specialised prosecutor, earlier even the chief prosecutor of the Special Investigative Task Force, who issued office on March 31st when his appointment as US Foreign Service official expired.

It's an honor and satisfaction to be offered this challenge, and I'm willing to take the investigation further”, Smith said.

Currently, Smith is deputy chairman and head of the US Hospital Corporation's lawsuit section, the largest nongovernmental health organisation in the United States, a post he has had since September 2017.

From February 2015 to August 2017, Smith was the first federal deputy prosecutor and the officer of the federal prosecutor's office for the middle region in Tennessee.

During the period 2010-2015, Smith was head of the US Department of Justice's Department of Public Integrity, where he was in charge of overseeing the prosecution of complicated cases of public corruption throughout the United States.

From 2008 to 2010, Smith was co-ordinator for investigation into the Prosecutor's Office at the International Criminal Court (GJPN). In that post, he supervised delicate investigations by officials of various governments and militia, of war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide, the communique said.

Prior to his post in the JPN, Smith was in the Federal Prosecutor's Office for the East Region of New York, where there were various positions over nine years, including the head of the Penal Department's Office for Criminal Prosecution and Deputy Chief. As head of the office for criminal indictments, Smith was subordinated to approximately 100 criminal prosecutors in a series of areas, such as public corruption, terrorism, gangs and violent crime, as well as financial fraud and economic crimes.

Prior to being a federal assistant, Smith worked for five years as a deputy prosecutor for the region at the New York County Prosecutor's Office, where he was in a section for sexual criminal acts and domestic violence.

During his career, Smith received a series of awards, such as the U.S. Department of Justice Award; Attorney General's Award for Concerned Services; The award for young lawyers from the Federal Association of Lawyers; Charles Rose Award from the East Region Society; Henry L. Stimson from the New York County Lawyers' Association and Passive Waterserstein College scholarships at Harvard Law School.

He graduated from Harvard Law School and New York State University in Ontario.