Metro uncovers the operators behind the ‘spiderweb’ of creep-shot websites

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There is a spider-web of websites, dedicated to ‘creep-shotting’ and upskirting women and girls across the UK and the rest of the world The young girl in the footage looks no…

The young girl in the footage looks no older than 15. She’s oblivious to the person following closely behind.

His covert camera is trained on the back of her yoga shorts, recording close-up from intimate angles as she and her friends make their way around a UK shopping centre.

In another clip a young woman is followed through the same mall. A camera secretly films up her skirt as she looks at clothes on a rail.

Last month, Metro exposed this kind of invasive and illegal content as part of an investigation into the disturbing world of ‘creep shooters’, who film and sell upskirting footage online, as part of avast international ‘violation economy’.

However, this latest footage is not from the same website – it’s from another, which we discovered is just a tiny cog in a complicated web of connecting platforms targeting women and girls across the world.

Metro’s original investigation has even made it onto one creep-shotting ‘discussion’ forum, with one account saying members in the UK need to ‘wait for this to die down’.

Using open-source intelligence techniques, Metro has been able to identify two prolific creators of this perverse content.

The men have filmed victims in locations including Westfield Stratford, Westfield Shepherd’s Bush and Harold Hill, and are linked to a specific website and often ‘collaborate’, filming the same victims together from different angles.

We’re unable to name them, as both have been arrested and are awaiting trial.

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