Outdated crime fighting tools in US result in unreported 'iceberg' of cybercrimes

New York

UTAH'S chief law enforcement officer was deep in the fight against opioids when he realised that a lack of data on Internet sales of Fentanyl was hindering investigations. So the officer - Keith Squires, the state's public safety commissioner - created a team of analysts to track and chronicle online distribution patterns of the drug.

In Philadelphia, hidebound ways of confronting iPhone thefts let thrive illicit networks to distribute stolen cellphones. Detectives treated each robbery as an unrelated street crime - known as "apple picking" - rather than a vast scheme with connected channels used by thieves to sell the stolen phones.