Subsequent to Being Hunted For 20 Years, Mafia Boss Found On Google Maps

 Subsequent to Being Hunted For 20 Years, Mafia Boss Found On Google Maps

Google Maps is one of the most useful resources available online. Gone are the days of analyzing paper maps or puzzling over directions after making a wrong turn with MapQuest. Now, you practically never have to worry about directions as long as you’ve got a phone and internet availability. However, there’s one unexpected benefit of the app as well: solving crimes.

In 2002, Gioachino Gammio, who is an indicted killer and an individual from the Italian crowd, got away from a Rome jail. He figured out how to disappear to Spain, where he began another life. He referred to himself as "Manuel" and started functioning as a cook at an eatery called Cocina de Manu, situated in Galapagar. There he was presenting Sicilian dishes.

Gammio, a previous individual from the Sicilian Sidda mafia, had the option to avoid the law for almost 20 years while living under his new personality. Be that as it may, he was totally stunned when he was found by the police.

When he was captured, he supposedly said: "How could you track down me? I haven't called my family for quite some time."

The Sicilian police had thought that he had escaped to Spain, however what really helped them was his locating on Google Maps. They had the option to find a man that matched the his portrayal, and this Google Maps locating helped track him down. The police then, at that point, found photographs of him on the Cocina de Manu Facebook page, which validated their premonitions.

Francesco Lo Voi, a Palermo examiner The Guardian: "Maybe we go through our days swimming through Google Maps to track down outlaws. There were numerous past and long examinations, which drove us to Spain. We were on a decent way, with Google Maps assisting with affirming our examinations."

At the point when he got away, Gammio was carrying out a daily existence punishment as he was needed for homicide and furthermore associated with a few different violations connected with the Stidda mafia.

He is right now being held in Spain with plans of moving back to Italy.