How are French police identifying looters? Social media is key
PARIS — France's police striving to identify and arrest looters who shattered shops in last weekend's unrest are relying on one tool to trigger their forensic follow-up: social media. "We are working the social networks... then we go over all that with our own tools, to see if the crimes seen on social media correspond with the crimes we're studying," said an officer seated in a special…
Paris police are using social media to identify and apprehend looters who ransacked shops during recent unrest. According to an officer named Bruno, they are cross-referencing the crimes depicted on social platforms with their own investigations. Bruno, seated in an operations room equipped with 10 screens, demonstrated how he had traced a group of four youths responsible for looting in Paris streets.
The officer utilized street security cameras as well as cameras from the Paris region's transport system to track the suspects and their stolen goods, leading up to their homes. This digital hunt is being conducted by a team of 12 specialists at the Security Operational Coordination Centre since Monday.
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