Kevin Zervos
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Kevin Paul Zervos SC was appointed Director of Public Prosecutions
of the Department of Justice of the Hong Kong SAR in March 2011, the culmination of 27 years' distinguished prosecutorial service in Australia and Hong Kong. Zervos, an Australian expatriate descended from the Greeks of humble Castellorizo, made his name as the Hong Kong Government's most prolific senior advocate, leading the charge in many of the most controversial cases before courts at all levels with many successes against the best that the SAR's criminal bar can muster.
In 1984, he worked in Australia with the Special Prosecutor's office responsible for the investigation and prosecution of large scale revenue frauds. From 1985, he was Senior Assistant Director of the office of the Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions at the Melbourne and Sydney offices where he was in charge of the Major Fraud Section. From 1989 to 1992, he was General Counsel to the Independent Commission Against Corruption in New South Wales before moving to Hong Kong.
Director of Public Prosecutions
The Director of Public Prosecutions is the officer charged with the prosecution of criminal offences in several criminal jurisdictions around the world...
of the Department of Justice of the Hong Kong SAR in March 2011, the culmination of 27 years' distinguished prosecutorial service in Australia and Hong Kong. Zervos, an Australian expatriate descended from the Greeks of humble Castellorizo, made his name as the Hong Kong Government's most prolific senior advocate, leading the charge in many of the most controversial cases before courts at all levels with many successes against the best that the SAR's criminal bar can muster.
In 1984, he worked in Australia with the Special Prosecutor's office responsible for the investigation and prosecution of large scale revenue frauds. From 1985, he was Senior Assistant Director of the office of the Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions at the Melbourne and Sydney offices where he was in charge of the Major Fraud Section. From 1989 to 1992, he was General Counsel to the Independent Commission Against Corruption in New South Wales before moving to Hong Kong.