Hidden camera extortions

South Korean police have arrested four people for allegedly installing hidden cameras in the rooms of an entire motel and attempting to extort money from hundreds of guests.

A newspaper reported the suspects bribed an employee at the motel in Yangpyeong near the capital Seoul to install tiny cameras on the monitors of computers in rooms.

South Korea has struggled in recent years to deal with perpetrators who install cameras in motels, bathrooms and other spaces to film sexual footage or nudity and release the footage through illegal websites.

Police have investigated 30,000 cases of crime related to hidden cameras in the past five years.