Mangiante worked for the European Parliament as an attorney specializing in child abduction cases.[2][44] April 12–15: Torshin attends the NRA annual convention in St. Louis, Missouri with an "all access" pass.[45][46] November 8: Torshin visits the NRA headquarters in Fairfax, Virginia.[45] December 14: President Barack Obama signs the Magnitsky Act into law to punish Russian officials responsible for the death of Russian tax accountant Sergei Magnitsky in a Moscow prison in 2009.[47]