An Italian mafia boss on the run for 20 years was tracked down to a Spanish town after being spotted on Google Street View. The fugitive was traced to Spain, but it was Google Street View that helped to pinpoint his precise location. The navigation tool, accessible through Google Maps, had captured an image of two men chatting outside a fruit and vegetable shop called El Huerto de Manu, or Manu’s Garden, in Galapagar. “It’s not as if we spend our days wading through Google Maps to find fugitives,” he told the Guardian. It is not the first time a mafia fugitive has been caught with the help of the web.

Source: The Guardian January 06, 2022 11:20 UTC