Mr Steve Libreri

Steve Libreri is the former Director for the Child Protection Services. After having graduated with honours in Social Work from the University of Malta in 2008, he embarked on a professional journey that led him to specialise in forensic style work in the field of child protection. Steve was the person responsible for redesigning the structures of the service so that they may align better to the best practices of forensic investigations in the protection of minors. He was also the person responsible to ensure that the new duties introduced by the new law in the year 2017 be integrated in the system. Steve has left the Directorate after serving as its de facto Director for five years, when he was appointed as Commissioner for the inmates welfare and development by the President of Malta in 2023.