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Chicago police say Facebook 'secret groups' used to sell guns, drugs
Source: Reuters
#U.S. DECEMBER 21, 2017 / 4:52 PM / UPDATED 40 MINUTES AGO
Chicago police say Facebook 'secret groups' used to sell guns, drugs
Bernie Woodall
3 MIN READ
(Reuters) - Chicago Police arrested 50 people for using “secret groups” on Facebook to sell guns and drugs, the police said on Thursday, and they criticized the world’s biggest social media network as being unhelpful during the 10-month investigation.
Police did not detail the charges filed against the 50 men and women arrested through Thursday, but said there were “dozens and dozens” of the secret groups. Arrest warrants for 18 more have been signed and most of those affected have criminal histories, police said.
Chicago Police Superintendent Eddie Johnson, at a news conference to announce the arrests, criticized Facebook for not helping police.
“Facebook has a responsibility to the people that they serve to ensure that these types of things don’t go on,” Johnson said. “And, quite frankly, they haven’t been very friendly to law enforcement to prevent these things.”
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Chicago police say Facebook 'secret groups' used to sell guns, drugs
Bernie Woodall
3 MIN READ
(Reuters) - Chicago Police arrested 50 people for using “secret groups” on Facebook to sell guns and drugs, the police said on Thursday, and they criticized the world’s biggest social media network as being unhelpful during the 10-month investigation.
Police did not detail the charges filed against the 50 men and women arrested through Thursday, but said there were “dozens and dozens” of the secret groups. Arrest warrants for 18 more have been signed and most of those affected have criminal histories, police said.
Chicago Police Superintendent Eddie Johnson, at a news conference to announce the arrests, criticized Facebook for not helping police.
“Facebook has a responsibility to the people that they serve to ensure that these types of things don’t go on,” Johnson said. “And, quite frankly, they haven’t been very friendly to law enforcement to prevent these things.”
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Read more: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-chicago-facebook/chicago-police-say-facebook-secret-groups-used-to-sell-guns-drugs-idUSKBN1EF2W2
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