Police warn of rising extortion racket involving secret video recordings

Police said complaints regarding video recording of sexual relations of married women and their paramours, and young men and women, to extort them under threat of sharing the videos on websites have been increasing.

- By D.G.SUGATHAPALA

OIC of Information Technology and Computer Crime Investigation in Galle K.K.R. Alwis said advanced technology cameras are used by the perpetrators to record videos secretly. "These cameras are hidden in the shirt collars, as a pen in the pocket or inside beds at lodges. The sexual relations of individuals with their mistresses and of young lovers are secretly recorded and released on the websites. Quite often, young men who take