{"id":392145,"date":"2022-01-10T21:30:06","date_gmt":"2022-01-10T18:30:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/5-criminals-caught-by-detective-google-maps\/"},"modified":"2022-01-10T21:30:06","modified_gmt":"2022-01-10T18:30:06","slug":"5-criminals-caught-by-detective-google-maps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/5-criminals-caught-by-detective-google-maps\/","title":{"rendered":"#5 criminals caught by Detective Google Maps"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a30354b47947\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a30354b47947\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/5-criminals-caught-by-detective-google-maps\/#1_A_convicted_kidnapper\" >1. A convicted kidnapper<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/5-criminals-caught-by-detective-google-maps\/#2_A_mafia_hitman\" >2. A mafia hitman<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/5-criminals-caught-by-detective-google-maps\/#3_A_pair_of_muggers\" >3. A pair of muggers<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/5-criminals-caught-by-detective-google-maps\/#4_A_trio_of_heroin_dealers\" >4. A trio of heroin dealers<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/5-criminals-caught-by-detective-google-maps\/#5_A_suspected_thief\" >5. A suspected thief<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/5-criminals-caught-by-detective-google-maps\/#Crime_and_punishment\" >Crime and punishment<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;<strong>#5 criminals caught by Detective Google Maps<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div>Google Maps wears many hats. While mere civilians use the <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a> for navigation, location information, or, err <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.buzzfeed.com\/eleanorbate\/billie-eilish-house-blurred-google-restraining-order\">stalking people<\/a>, cops tap the app to find <span>criminals.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>You may be surprised to learn that law enforcement officials in the US <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jonschuppe\/status\/1208394894458474496\">routinely mine Google\u2019s location data<\/a> in criminal investigations.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/fast.wistia.net\/embed\/iframe\/2767e997um?videoFoam=true&amp;autoPlay=true\" title=\"\" allowtransparency=\"true\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wistia_embed\" name=\"wistia_embed\" allowfullscreen=\"\" msallowfullscreen=\"\" width=\"100%\" height=\"100%\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The tactic has sparked fears of <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.buzzfeednews.com\/article\/jasonleopold\/george-floyd-police-brutality-protests-government\">privacy violations<\/a>\u00a0and <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.phoenixnewtimes.com\/news\/google-geofence-location-data-avondale-wrongful-arrest-molina-gaeta-11426374\">false arrests<\/a>, but it\u2019s also led to a range of arrests. Here are five of the criminals caught on Google Maps.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"1_A_convicted_kidnapper\"><\/span>1. A convicted kidnapper<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span>A 2017 kidnapping and sexual assault case was solved when police used a <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.malwarebytes.com\/privacy-2\/2021\/09\/google-geofence-warrants-and-you\/\">geofence warrant<\/a> to obtain location data from Google.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The victim had seen her assailant pull up Google Maps on his Samsung phone. The police used this information to order Google to search for devices that had been used in scenes linked to the crime, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/news\/us-news\/she-didn-t-know-her-kidnapper-he-was-using-google-n1252472\">NBC News reports<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>This led them to a suspect, who was later convicted of<\/span><span> all seven charges related to the attack. The offender was sentenced to more than 100 years in prison.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"2_A_mafia_hitman\"><\/span>2. A mafia hitman<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>A mafia member had his life on the lam curtailed after police spotted the fugitive on Google Maps.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"post-image post-mediaBleed aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1377495 js-lazy\" alt=\"Gioacchino Gammino on Google Maps\" width=\"1640\" height=\"1277\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1640px) 100vw, 1640px\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2022\/01\/Screenshot-2022-01-07-at-08.30.55.png\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2022\/01\/Screenshot-2022-01-07-at-08.30.55.png 1640w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2022\/01\/Screenshot-2022-01-07-at-08.30.55-270x210.png 270w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2022\/01\/Screenshot-2022-01-07-at-08.30.55-173x135.png 173w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2022\/01\/Screenshot-2022-01-07-at-08.30.55-347x270.png 347w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2022\/01\/Screenshot-2022-01-07-at-08.30.55-1536x1196.png 1536w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2022\/01\/Screenshot-2022-01-07-at-08.30.55-796x620.png 796w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2022\/01\/Screenshot-2022-01-07-at-08.30.55-1592x1240.png 1592w\"\/><figcaption><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"#\" data-url=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?url=https%3A%2F%2Feditorial.thenextweb.com%2Fneural%2F2022%2F01%2F10%2Fcriminals-captured-on-google-maps-arrested-by-police%2F&amp;via=thenextweb&amp;related=thenextweb&amp;text=Check out this picture on: Police believed Gammino was the man on the right of this image. Credit: Google Maps.\" data-title=\"Share Police believed Gammino was the man on the right of this image. Credit: Google Maps. on Twitter\" data-width=\"685\" data-height=\"500\" class=\"post-image-share popitup\" title=\"Share Police believed Gammino was the man on the right of this image. Credit: Google Maps. on Twitter\"><i class=\"icon icon--inline icon--twitter--dark\"\/><\/a>Police believed Gammino was the man on the right of this image. Credit: Google Maps.<\/figcaption><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1377495\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2022\/01\/Screenshot-2022-01-07-at-08.30.55.png\" alt=\"Gioacchino Gammino on Google Maps\" width=\"1640\" height=\"1277\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2022\/01\/Screenshot-2022-01-07-at-08.30.55.png 1640w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2022\/01\/Screenshot-2022-01-07-at-08.30.55-270x210.png 270w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2022\/01\/Screenshot-2022-01-07-at-08.30.55-173x135.png 173w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2022\/01\/Screenshot-2022-01-07-at-08.30.55-347x270.png 347w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2022\/01\/Screenshot-2022-01-07-at-08.30.55-1536x1196.png 1536w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2022\/01\/Screenshot-2022-01-07-at-08.30.55-796x620.png 796w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2022\/01\/Screenshot-2022-01-07-at-08.30.55-1592x1240.png 1592w\"\/><\/noscript><\/figure>\n<p>The convicted murderer had left a trail of digital footprints, from a Google entry for his greengrocer\u2019s to a <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook<\/a> photo of his Italian restaurant. The 61-year-old was arrested in Spain almost 20 years after escaping from prison in Rome.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"3_A_pair_of_muggers\"><\/span>3. A pair of muggers<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>In 2009, twin brothers mugged a 14-year-old boy in the Netherlands. Six months later, the victim was surfing through Street View when he spotted his assailants.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph-paragraph-2Bgue ArticleBody-para-TD_9x\">\u201cThe picture was taken just a moment before the crime,\u201d a police spokesman <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-dutch-google-idUSTRE55I38C20090619\">said<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>After Google unblurred the photo at the police\u2019s request, the perpetrators were arrested. One of them later confessed to the crime.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"4_A_trio_of_heroin_dealers\"><\/span>4. A trio of heroin dealers<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Three alleged drug dealers were arrested in 2017 after they were captured hawking heroin by Google Street View cameras.<\/p>\n<p><span>The suspects were among seven people arrested in an NYPD undercover sting operation, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/news\/google-street-view-helps-capture-drug-ring-suspects\">the New York Post reports<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"5_A_suspected_thief\"><\/span>5. A suspected thief<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span>Street View also captured a suspected caravan thief who police believe was about to flee with a $16,300 (\u00a312,000) tourer when the mapping car drove past.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The man was spotted on Google Maps by the 11 year-old-son of the vehicle\u2019s owner. British police later <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/dailymirror.org\/news\/uk-news\/google-street-view-image-captures-1278694\">arrested the suspect<\/a> after Google agreed to supply unblurred images of him.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Crime_and_punishment\"><\/span>Crime and punishment<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>These arrests suggest Google Maps can be a valuable crimefighting tool \u2014 but they also show the app\u2019s potential as a surveillance dragnet.<\/p>\n<p>If you want to avoid Google\u2019s all-seeing eye, you can turn off your location history by following this guide.<\/p>\n<p>Apologies in advance for any future crimes that\u2019s abetted \u2014 and a sincere \u201cyou\u2019re welcome\u201d for <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.lifewire.com\/how-criminals-use-google-maps-street-view-2487485\">any that it\u2019s prevented<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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