title: Criminal drones
lang: en

> Mazel said counter surveillance of law enforcement agents is the fastest-growing way that organized criminals are using drones.
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> Some criminal organizations have begun to use drones as part of witness intimidation schemes: they continuously surveil police departments and precincts in order to see “who is going in and out of the facility and who might be co-operating with police,” he said.
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> <cite>*[A Criminal Gang Used a Drone Swarm To Obstruct an FBI Hostage Raid](https://www.defenseone.com/technology/2018/05/criminal-gang-used-drone-swarm-obstruct-fbi-raid/147956/)* ([cache](/david/cache/c00f7f015b5b8fce1eb454b8633d44ed/))</cite>

This is only the beginning. Both fascinating and frightening.