Fugitive Mafia Boss Caught Thanks to Google Street View

US-based technology giant Google Street View The service serves millions of users today. People who wish can access places they have never been to, and those who wish can access places they left years ago through Street View. However, a new feature of Google Street View has also emerged. Law enforcement, through this application fugitive for 20 years they managed to catch a mafia boss.

Italian mafia boss named Gioacchino Gammino escaped from prison in Rome in 2002 and managed to lose track of. The law enforcement officers in Sicily thought that Gammino went to Spain and changed his identity there and continued his life. Turns out this thought was correct. Google StreetViewThe Italian police, who came across an image in .

Changed name and started working in a restaurant

Italian police took action after the image was detected near a restaurant called Cocina de Manu. Reviews of this restaurant social media accounts The law enforcement officers, who focused on him, said that the mafia boss, who has been on the run for 20 years, started to work in this restaurant and he changed his name. changed it manually he understood. Contacting the Spanish authorities, Italy managed to capture Gioacchino Gammino in a joint operation.

The first statement given by the mafia boss has also been reached. Expressing that the man who has been on the run for 20 years was confused, the authorities said that the first sentence he made was “How did you find me? I haven’t even called my family for 10 years.They stated that “For days to catch criminals We don’t google. There was different evidence that led us to Spain, and Google Street View made us realize we were on the right track.“Italy and Spain, the mafia boss who has been on the run for 20 years, for refund continues its work.