The police use of ODITs is so secret that police forces have signed agreements to drop serious criminal investigations rather than reveal the name of their vendor.
When police in Windsor began looking into an alleged international auto‑theft ring in late 2022, they turned to familiar investigative techniques.
Some officers went undercover, others conducted long hours of surveillance, while the courts gave police permission to hide a tracking device in the alleged ringleader’s car and to intercept his cellphone location.
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Detectives say tools supplied by Palantir were integral to convictions of a criminal gang that stole £800,000
The federal contract shows ICE spent $825,000 on vans equipped with “cell-site simulators” which allow the real-world location…
This docu-drama is cleverly built around the messages intercepted by the National Crime Agency when they penetrated a chat…
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