Atlanta Adult Entertainment: Cops use Facebook as a window into crime
Posted on July 22nd, 2010 in Atlanta adult entertainment
John Whitaker, the special agent in charge of the Georgia Bureau of Investigation’s hi-tech unit, said social networking is still in its infancy as a policing tool. But it came in handy once, he said.
Each year, the GBI charges more than a hundred people with child pornography, a major focus of the hi-tech unit. Most of these cases are made with the help of older Web sites, such as Craigslist, peer-to-peer networking sites or internet chat rooms, Whitaker said.
But recently the GBI used Facebook to make an arrest after suspect actually posted pornographic pictures online, Whitaker said.
The GBI tried to use Facebook to build another case, but never made an arrest because the suspect, who was involved in chats with undercover officers, didn’t quite cross the line into soliciting sex, Whitaker said.
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