Wanted narco boss exposes whereabouts by posting Google reviews

71 points by felipevb 1 year ago | 13 comments
  • lil-lugger 1 year ago
    It’s like something from a Guy Ritchie movie played for laughs. An Irish gangster gets taken down because of his habit of posting reviews of wherever he goes, and accidentally shows his reflection in windows and mirrors.
    • TheBozzCL 1 year ago
      Honestly, the more you read the worse it gets. You gotta wonder if cartels have any sort of infosec.
  • retox 1 year ago
    Bellingcat are a parallel construction laundering operation.
    • jordanb 1 year ago
      This is my thought too.

      Whenever I see one of these "crazy ways criminals give themselves away" stories I'm now thinking I'm probably looking at a parallel construction.

      During the Floyd protests a woman was recorded on camera in Chicago destroying a police car. A week or so later the police arrested her and claimed an improbable series of gumshoeing around the tee-shirt she had on, figuring out where it was purchased and subpoena sales records then doing a lot of cross referencing.

      Far more plausible to me is they pulled cellphone location data.

      • euroderf 1 year ago
        I've always assumed that this is how a lot of "anonymous tips to the police" work. Illegal dragnet wiretaps plus the OK of a drone functionary boss, and hey presto! the coppers are clued in.
        • zaphirplane 1 year ago
          Would getting it from the carrier be hurdle
        • mnky9800n 1 year ago
          In case you didn't know what this means like me:

          https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parallel_construction

          • Red_Leaves_Flyy 1 year ago
            Bold claim like that can’t be left dry mate.
            • willcipriano 1 year ago
              Bellingcat is a CIA carve out.
            • danielfoster 1 year ago
              It’s great that Bellingcat put this together, but what are the police being paid to do? Sometimes it seems like law enforcement aren’t investing enough in OSINT.
              • garyfirestorm 1 year ago
                I guess the compelling question is why Dubai won’t extradite him?
                • YeBanKo 1 year ago
                  The compelling question is why Spain won’t extradite him?
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                  • kimwishart8 1 year ago
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