Police Say They Found Mafia Fugitive On YouTube, Posting Cooking Tutorials (arstechnica.com) 33
An alleged mafia fugitive hiding from Italian police in the Dominican Republic was arrested after being spotted showing off his cooking skills in instructional videos he posted on YouTube, according to news reports. Ars Technica reports: Marc Feren Claude Biart, an alleged member of the 'Ndrangheta criminal organization based in southern Italy, reportedly hid his face in the cooking videos but failed to hide his tattoos, leading to his identification. The man had been hiding since law enforcement "ordered Biart's arrest in 2014 for criminal drug trafficking on behalf of the 'Ndrangheta's Cacciola clan," according to The Washington Post.
The 53-year-old Biart didn't keep his recipes secret but "was always careful to hide his face in his Italian cooking tutorials, filming the YouTube videos while laying low from police on a sandy beach in the Caribbean," the Post wrote. It's not clear whether the videos are still online, but Biart and his wife "appeared to have uploaded several cooking tutorials for Italian recipes to YouTube, including ones where Biart's tattoos were visible," the Post wrote. The arrest and YouTube aspect of the story were confirmed by Interpol, the International Criminal Police Organization, which helped in the investigation. "Authorities located [Biart] after recognizing his tattoos in a YouTube video," Interpol wrote on Twitter today.
The 53-year-old Biart didn't keep his recipes secret but "was always careful to hide his face in his Italian cooking tutorials, filming the YouTube videos while laying low from police on a sandy beach in the Caribbean," the Post wrote. It's not clear whether the videos are still online, but Biart and his wife "appeared to have uploaded several cooking tutorials for Italian recipes to YouTube, including ones where Biart's tattoos were visible," the Post wrote. The arrest and YouTube aspect of the story were confirmed by Interpol, the International Criminal Police Organization, which helped in the investigation. "Authorities located [Biart] after recognizing his tattoos in a YouTube video," Interpol wrote on Twitter today.
Again? (Score:4, Interesting)
How many of these fugitives are hiding on the Cooking Channel? /s
Well the previous post was on Tuesday:
https://entertainment.slashdot... [slashdot.org]
Wish there was a way to point out dupes...
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Dupes have plagued /. for years.
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Imagine the very first one...repeatedly.
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Dupes have plagued /. for years.
If they are paying the editors, then part of the job should include reading the previously featured stories. If they're just donating some of their time, then I would actually say they're doing a pretty good job. (But I'd also say Slashdot should have an economic model that supports paying people for tedious work.)
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Isn't Mistress Deen known for expertise on prurient uses of butter?
Julia Child was a spy! (Score:2)
She worked for the OSS during the War!
Re: Again? (Score:2)
Don't forget barefoot contessa... I always wondered how she could afford to sit around all day doing nothing collecting various fruits and vegetables from gardens and markets and then have all of her rich friends over for a high class dinner party...
Now I know where all the money comes from.
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Guy Fieri is totally innocent and a great guy, but because of his hair everyone assumes he's the worst of the lot.
Re: Again? (Score:1)
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How many of these fugitives are hiding on the Cooking Channel?
About the same number as are posting dupes on /.
Re:Again? (Score:4, Informative)
Firehose (I think that's what it's called) posts are moderated before they hit the main site. They can be voted up or down and one of the "down" categories is "dupe". Once a story has passed that hurdle it's too late.
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Quite a few stories never show up in the firehose though. And for the stories in the firehose there's no indication that they've led to a homepage story (at least nothing visible to us), so 2 editors may be able to generate homepage stories from the same FH source.
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How many of these fugitives are hiding on the Cooking Channel?
That depends how many want to communicate with the rest of Ndrangheta. What, you didn't really think those shows were actually about cooking??
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Worse, how is this even a story fit for /. once, let alone twice? How fucking low are the standards on here now?
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Wish there was a way to point out dupes...
There used to be a "dupe" tag, it it still mentioned in the (quite outdated) FAQ [slashdot.org].
That's obviously more comfortable (Score:2)
than raiding all italian restaurants.
Hey, wait a second... (Score:2)
Could it be? Could the Slashdot editors be reviving the long-lost tradition of April Fools posts, by posting dupes all day?
Let's hope so. I've missed this.
Yes, BeauHD, we know (Score:2)
Somebody told us days ago, when it still was NEWS, albeit why it was 'news for nerds' or 'stuff that matters' I don't really get.
is life imitating the MCU? (Score:2)
"That's cute, Thanos has a retirement plan." - War Machine
None of this answers the important questions (Score:2)
Were the recipies original or did he steal them? And were they any good?
None of this answers the important questions-KFC. (Score:2)
He knows the eleven herbs and spices recipe.
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Similar question here... I'd like to try some of his recipes, see if they're any good. There may be hidden culinary gems in that YT channel.
Link for the lazy anyone?
The actual video (Score:2)
Youtube has location tracking? (Score:2)
How do the police go from a YT cooking video to the Dominican Republic?
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I would image a warrant, or the equivalent thereof, served to Youtube would get you the IP that uploaded the video. From there you check ARIN, RIPE, ect... to see what ISP that IP address is assigned to. Then a warrant served to the ISP gets you billing information, which probably includes a name and street address. Tracking someone down over the internet is pretty easy if they aren't on a VPN and/or a public wifi hotspot and you have the powers of law enforcement and the cooperation of the local authoritie
BAM ! (Score:2)
Just a blast from your Spice Weasel....
Good news is (Score:2)