A young woman who recently left the United States and moved to Italy would have little in common with Aurora Schiavoni, a forty-three-year-old convicted sex offender with a penchant for picking up young women and promising them eternal youth if they would help satisfy his desires. According to the International Business Times, the “woman” Aurora Schiavoni is a convicted international sex offender. Schiavoni’s website describes her as “a representative of the Law Corporation of Schiavini, which provides commercial law advice and counsel to individuals and businesses around the world”. The company’s website does not list her age or nationality and lists her as” Compliance officer, European area”. It is not clear from the company’s information whether Schiavoni has ever served as an attorney in relation to any of her criminal activities.
Schiavoni’s international connection is not the only reason that the Italian authorities were on the lookout for her. In 2021, she was arrested and placed under house arrest as an Italian national on suspicion of trafficking heroin. Her real name is Valentina Valentino, and she reportedly entered the United States under a false identity. In Italy, Schiavoni is said to be known under various aliases: Staciella, Valentino and Valeria. In her native Italy, her real name is Valery Spirengi, but she is known almost everywhere as Aurora Schiavoni.
On her day of release from house arrest, Schiavoni traveled to her native Italy and remained there for six months, attempting to get a job in a catering company. She met and married a man from Moldava, who is described by his family as a hardworking, committed man. His wife, according to court records, said Schiavoni always made it a point to pay her share of the household bills even while working full time. The couple had two children, born in Switzerland, that they are raising alone, and are both fluent French. Their story might be familiar to many readers, since the same woman was the subject of a recent article in the New York Times where she is described as a “French American” who had been refused a U.S. visa because of a minor criminal record.