Police have uncovered a ring of 17 men believed to have filmed 10,000 women bathing in hot springs across Japan

• Police in Japan have uncovered a ring of 17 men believed to have filmed 10,000 women in hot springs.
• The men hid in mountainous areas near the springs and used telephoto lenses to film the women.
• They also held gatherings to view the footage together, police say. 

The Japanese police have arrested 17 men suspected of photographing and filming more than 10,000 women who were bathing in hot springs.

…The men used high-end camera equipment like long-focus telephoto lenses to film women bathing in the open-air hot springs, the Japanese police told The Asahi Shimbun. The men would take these pictures while hiding in mountainous areas several hundred meters from the springs, the police said. The group would also get tips from Saito on how best to photograph the women, and hold gatherings to view the footage together.

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