Ms. Carla Del Ponte was born in 1947 in Lugano, Switzerland. In 1972 she began her career in a private law firm in Lugano. In 1975, she set up her own lawyer's and notary's office in Lugano. In September 1981, she was appointed investigating magistrate and became Public Prosecutor, working in the office of the Lugano District Attorney. In April 1994, Ms. Del Ponte was appointed Attorney General of Switzerland. unictr.org
Carla del Ponte has been nicknamed "the new Gestapo", "the whore", "the unguided missile" and "the personification of stubbornness". news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/1809185.stm
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