thank yuu! either the Argie's aren't smart enough to use GE, or... the drone company is getting a massive payoff/kickback
Posted on 09/25/2014 4:57:06 PM PDT by Rusty0604
The Argentine government has used drones to catch out wealthy tax evaders who had not declared mansions and swimming pools.
Unmanned aircraft were dispatched over an upper class area of Buenos Aires and discovered 200 homes and 100 pools that had not been detailed on returns.
Tax officials said the drones took pictures of luxury houses standing on lots registered as empty.
The evasions found by the drones amounted to missing tax payments of more than $2 million and owners of the properties have been waned they now face large fines.
Use of drones has been expanding in Argentina and the rest of South America with the unmanned vehicles being deployed for purposes as diverse as locating drug smuggling routes, monitoring farm crops, and looking for archaeological sites.
According to the Council on Hemispheric Affairs, most of the drone technology being sold to South American governments and companies - $500 million worth between 2005 and 2012 - comes from Israel, but drones are also being produced cheaply in Mexico.
The proliferation has raised concerns among human rights activists.
...throughout Latin America’s history, the abuse of power tends to happen quite often.”
(Excerpt) Read more at telegraph.co.uk ...
Ping.
So now... How long before autonomous anti-drone drones are commissioned by the ‘Upper-class’ to secure their positions and property?
I see potential market for a wide range of anti-drone technologies.
Want to bet the most of the permits were bought and paid for and the money pocked by local officials?
Prior to drones, our local county was using Google Earth to check out if there were unpermitted buildings and remodels . It is happening here.
Anyone who puts a Dollar into Argentina at this time is a damn fool. Where is Argentina’s Pinochet when they need him so greatly?
California uses Google earth
thank yuu! either the Argie's aren't smart enough to use GE, or... the drone company is getting a massive payoff/kickback
autonomous anti-drone drones —
Yep.
Are they recording images? Real time or ?
Might have to intercept their data link and spoof. Show nothing but bare desert (or the Presidential Mansion’s back yard - complete with party scene - )
Where do kamakazi drones fit?
Let me know when you start the business and I’ll invest in it.
Call the fool ... Mr. Soros...
Then call the outfits providing insurance to Goldman Sachs....
Would they get better pictures? There must be a reason to use a drone instead of GE.
There is a mental image for you - a drone decorated with hinomarus.
yeah, giving money to friends in the drone business they can buy a current images from any of the several geosat companies selling satellite imagery for less than the costs of the drone program
i simply see it as a give away to friends, but that's just me
They could have just used Google maps street view.
Political corruption in Argentina?! I am SHOCKED, sir!
a real 440...
A cop motor, cop shocks....
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