As a would-be graduate of the Democritus University of Thrace’s Law School, deeply desiring a type of specialization with something unique and seemingly unfathomable, I had parallel interests in archeology and writing as a means of expression. So, I was led rather headlong into graphology. My analytical nature and insatiable desire to solve the puzzle of every forgery’s “mystery” perfectly complemented my passion for forensic graphology. Returning to Greece from Italy, I realized that the graphological knowledge in our country was almost “tabula rasa.” In my case, the aims, ambiguities, terminological and technical difficulties of each case were bypassed due to the broader perception of the legal mentality. Over time I mastered all the necessary tools for explaining and simplifying the graphological “jargon.”
Along with graphological studies, I was working on my doctoral thesis, “Forensic Graphology as an Expertise”, which broadened the existing cognitive horizons. I soon realized there is an ever-expanding field of interpretive forms and new technological conquests. My desire to deepen and update my knowledge led me to participating in major international conferences on Forensic Document Examination and then evolving to my first presentation at an international conference in Italy in 2011. This has been followed continuously by many communications at international forums in Europe, America, Canada and Asia. At the same time, professionally, I was called to provide Expert’s Reports to trials in Greece, Cyprus and the USA.
The path of a dedicated forensic examiner never ends: it is a constant apprenticeship in the traces of writing, the mysteries and motives of forgery cases and the creative mechanisms to remove fingerprints and traces of forgery. Puzzling labyrinths of documents with or without human contact, may require the graphologist to take two paths of investigation; the graphological path along with the psychological path, deepening the examination of the incriminating evidence to help fill in the gaps of the mosaic of the Criminal Code.
