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A Labrador retriever named Hidu has earned high praise after sniffing out crucial electronic evidence in a case involving a high-profile, suspected pedophile.
Jason Maatman, a Dutch man who had fled pending court cases in the Netherlands, was hiding in Mexico City earlier this month.
Hidu worked with multiple human trafficking rescue groups to find Maatman and several electronic devices containing child pornography evidence.
After Free a Girl, a Netherlands-based organization fighting human trafficking, reportedly tipped off Maatman’s location, U.S.-based Operation Underground Railroad worked with Mexican prosecutors to lure the suspect out of hiding.
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“We were able to confirm he was in Mexico and then talking to him in just different chat rooms,” said Matt Osborne, OUR’s director of global operations. “He said, ‘I’m in a really kind of dangerous rundown area. I don’t want to give you my address. I don’t want you guys to come see me, but you can come meet me at a gas station.'”
On June 5, Mexico City detectives met and arrested Maatman, charging him with human trafficking and drug and weapons possession.
Hidu, who was trained by Jordan Detection K9 Academy to sniff out triphenylphosphine oxide, a chemical used to coat electronic devices, was then called upon to search the suspect’s apartment, locating a total of four terabytes of evidence.
“The dog sniffed out a couple of the hard drives in a few places in his apartment that were difficult for humans to find, but the dog sniffed it out,” Osborne said.
The evidence also included a phone hidden in a pile of dirty laundry and electronics taped behind a hung painting.
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“I think the electronics dogs have now surpassed the accelerant canines because of just the need of them, and just because of the way the world is right now,” said Todd Jordan, the owner of Jordan Detection K9 Academy. “These dogs, I mean just everybody, every internet crimes task force could use one of these.”
