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China · 6 February 2026
China: BBC investigates hotel footage sold online
The BBC tells how a couple discovered their Shenzhen hotel stay had been filmed and distributed.
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India · 28 August 2025
Gwalior: hotel camera ring broken up
Gwalior police uncovered a group suspected of filming couples with cameras in bulb holders.
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France · 17 April 2025
Rouen: owner convicted after cameras found in an Airbnb
A Rouen court convicted a 37-year-old owner of secretly filming female guests in his Airbnb property.
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India · 7 January 2025
Diu: three arrested over hotel blackmail
Three people were arrested over an alleged blackmail scheme using footage filmed in a hotel.
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China · 12 December 2024
China: top court pledges crackdown on hotel voyeurism
The Supreme People’s Court presented four cases, two involving hotels and guesthouses.
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United States · 28 August 2024
Cruise: employee sentenced to 30 years
A Royal Caribbean stateroom attendant received a 30-year federal sentence after pleading guilty.
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India · 28 August 2024
Shamshabad: hotel owner arrested
A hotel owner near Hyderabad was arrested after a camera was found in a light-bulb holder.
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United States · 12 August 2024
Worthington: summons over device in hotel bathroom
A man was summoned in Minnesota after a recording tablet was found in a hotel bathroom.
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United States · 19 July 2024
Albany: insurers settle with a hotel
Four insurers settled with a hotel’s owners in litigation over a guest filmed showering in 2015.
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United States · 10 July 2024
Texas: a host who recorded his guests
Business Insider revisits Comfort host A. Jay Allee, who pleaded guilty in February 2023 to six counts of invasive visual recording.
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United States · Worldwide · 9 July 2024
CNN investigates the handling of hidden-camera complaints
CNN examines Airbnb’s handling of complaints, drawing on lawsuits and a company representative’s deposition.
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Vietnam · 6 July 2024
Vietnam: arrest for blackmail after hidden cameras
Can Loc police announced the arrest of a man accused of blackmail linked to cameras in a guesthouse.
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Worldwide · 11 March 2024
Airbnb announces a ban on indoor security cameras
Airbnb announced a worldwide ban on security cameras inside its listings, effective April 30, 2024.
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Worldwide · 11 March 2024
NPR explains Airbnb’s new surveillance rules
NPR examines changes announced for guest privacy, including the ban on indoor cameras from April 30, 2024.
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Australia · 28 September 2023
Townsville: host accused of filming travellers
Queensland police accuse a man of filming travellers showering with a camera in an insect-spray can.
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Malaysia · 25 September 2023
Kota Kinabalu: investigation after a camera reported in a socket
A honeymooning couple filed a police report after reporting a hidden camera in a socket at their accommodation.
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United States · 21 August 2023
Silver Spring: a reported discovery leads to an arrest
A Texas couple reported cameras in bedroom and bathroom smoke detectors at a Silver Spring Airbnb.
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Canada · 18 July 2023
Gibsons: forensic testing finds no cameras in the outlets
Following guests’ complaint at a British Columbia Airbnb, forensic testing of suspicious outlets found no cameras.
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United States · 8 July 2022
Texas: a couple sues Vrbo and homeowners
A couple alleges they were filmed in their bedroom during an August 2020 rental stay in Comfort.
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United Kingdom · 21 January 2022
London: former detective jailed for three years
Former Metropolitan Police detective Neil Corbel was jailed for secretly filming women.
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France · 1 October 2020
Perpignan: owner convicted over a bathroom camera
A 59-year-old owner received a one-year suspended prison sentence with probation after hiding a GoPro behind a ventilation grille at his Airbnb.
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Japan · 2 June 2020
Osaka: a camera in a frame left in a hotel room
Osaka police referred to prosecutors the case of a man suspected of filming women in a hotel.
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United States · 13 December 2019
Minneapolis: students report hidden cameras in hotel
Students on a school trip reported hidden cameras in their rooms at a Minneapolis hotel.
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Australia · 14 July 2019
Queensland: host sentenced for filming backpackers
Conrad Cosgrove received two six-month terms for filming backpackers showering.
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Ireland · 5 April 2019
Cork: a family finds a livestreaming camera
A New Zealand family found a camera hidden in a smoke-alarm case in the living room of its Airbnb near Cork.
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Ireland · 5 April 2019
Cork: the data-protection regulator investigates
Newstalk covers the same Cork case from the angle of the Irish Data Protection Commissioner’s investigation.
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Australia · 26 March 2019
Bondi: man charged after camera found in hostel
A French traveller found what appeared to be a camera hidden in a deodorant in a shared bathroom.
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South Korea · 20 March 2019
South Korea: motel guests filmed and streamed online
According to police cited by CNN, about 1,600 people were filmed in 42 rooms at 30 accommodations.
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New Zealand · 30 October 2018
New Zealand: host jailed for filming 34 women
Tony Greathead was imprisoned after filming guests showering at his Hawke’s Bay Airbnb.
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Japan · 10 April 2018
Fukuoka: a camera behind a fire alarm
A man was referred to prosecutors over an unlicensed lodging and alleged filming of guests.
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