Using Google to fight crime
Google turns attention to criminals
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Posted: 07/17/2012
UNDATED (AP) -- Google is looking to helping in the search for more than just news, images and maps.
It's now turning its attention to criminals. Google is using its think tank -- Google Ideas -- to work with international authorities on how to track down those using the Internet for nefarious purposes.
There are more than a few drug cartels, money launderers and human traffickers who do their business online. And Google is trying to find ways to use the same kind of technology that can ferret out an online bargain or some obscure fact about a TV show or movie -- to disrupt international crime.
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