Italian mafia boss caught after Google Maps sighting in Spain

[Eugene]

Source: BBC

Italian mafia boss caught after Google Maps sighting in Spain

5 January 2022

An Italian mafia boss who has been on the run for decades has been arrested after he was spotted on Google Maps.

Gioacchino Gammino, 61, was found in Galapagar, Spain, where he was living under the name Manuel.

A Google Street View shot showing a man resembling Gammino standing in front of a grocery shop was key to tracking the fugitive, investigators say.

Gammino escaped a Rome prison in 2002 and was sentenced to life in jail the following year for murder.

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Read more: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-59884803


A Google Street View shot shows a man resembling Gammino, right, standing in front of a grocery shop

[mahatmakanejeeves]

1. Nice work. NT

[Beartracks]

2. So someone who just happens to know what he looks like...

... just happened to come across this image on Google Street View?

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[Eugene]

3. Plausible. The mobster was one of Italy's most wanted.

Authorities already knew he was in Spain. The photo was a usable lead, and they tracked him down with further detective work.