Sales of spy cam detectors also skyrocketed following a series of digital sex crimes involving hidden cameras. When using public restrooms in subway stations, bus terminals and shopping malls, women "have sealed up any tiny, suspicious-looking holes on the walls of their stalls and in door hinges with tissue papers and stickers in fear of mini spy cams that may be installed there,” Lee Won-up, director of Spy-Zone Korea, which specializes in spy cam detection, told ABC News. Women as well as companies and government agencies have been combating the hidden camera phenomenon through a number of measures. Son Hae-young, a spy cam detection expert, told ABC News that a number of hidden cameras are disguised as everyday objects - remote controls, computer mice, wristwatches, coat hooks - to not arouse suspicion.
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In September 2018 a television crew member was caught installing a hidden camera in the shape of a portable smartphone battery charger inside their private rooms, according to Seoul Gangnam police. This phenomenon, dubbed the “spy cam epidemic,” sparked public outrage once again in March when police arrested suspects accused of installing hidden cameras in motels.Įven female celebrities have fallen victim to illegal filming. More than 6,000 crimes related to illegal filming were reported in 2017, a five-fold increase since 2010, according to the Korean National Police Agency. It turned out that the footage was taken from a hidden camera installed in a motel room unbeknownst to them. In 2017, a male victim reported to the center that he found a sex tape of himself with his girlfriend on a porn website. Plus, the anonymity in cyberspace makes the punishment extremely difficult.” “Overseas porn websites often refuse to cooperate with the South Korean law enforcement. “Victims are often left with no power to exercise control over the videos once they circulate online without their consent,” Kim Yeo-jin, director of Korea Cyber Sexual Violence Response Center, an organization that provides support service for victims of cyber sexual violence, told ABC News. Now, the team consists of 39 trained women and men who regularly inspect places vulnerable to illegal filming, such as public restrooms, subway stations and changing rooms. The city’s program started in August 2016 with 50 women. They are South Korea’s first spy cam inspection team. to 5 p.m., women in navy blue vests with hidden camera detectors in their hands inspect public restrooms around Seoul. (SEOUL, South Korea) - Three times a week, from 10 a.m.
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