Google Maps has been credited with helping investigators in the past, with Italian authorities using Street View to trace the location of a mafia fugitive in 2022.

A Google Street View image of a man loading a large white plastic bag into the boot of his car has helped unravel a murder case in a northern Spanish town, police say. The Google app allows users to see images of streets around the world - filmed by cars ...

A Google Street View image of a man loading a white sack into the trunk of his car has helped police solve a murder case, BBC reports. In November 2023, local police in Soria, Spain, received a complaint about a missing Cuban immigrant after the man's relative received suspicious messages about him leaving the country and ditching his phone.