An expose by a former employee of a Zimbabwe lodge has revealed a shocking trend among several lodges in around Bulawayo and Harare. According to the whistleblower, couples who check in the lodges are unknowingly filmed while engaged in sexual acts through hidden cameras that are installed in their rooms.
The source, who sought to keep his anonymity, stated that the practice has been done in Harare previously, but it has now spread to lodges in Bulawayo and in cheap, low-class hotels in the area. The practice is done by Nigerian men who pay a significant amount of money for the video recordings, the former employee said in an interview with My Zimbabwe.
"The idea is being engineered by Nigerian business people who install the equipment in the rooms and capture unsuspecting clients in the act," the former employee said.
There are some lodge owners that are not aware that their rooms are equipped with video recording equipment, since the Nigerians work hand in hand with unscrupulous managers and staff. The informer also states that the Nigerians can pay as much as $1,000 for a week's recording, according to Times Live.
The ex-employee further states that a number of the city's sex workers are working with the Nigerians, using the moves they learned from their trade to make high-quality sex films, dubbed "classic movies," with their clients, reports The Mirror.
It is possible to keep away from lodges that engage in the practice. According to the whistleblower, rooms that have unnaturally good lighting and light curtains are usually the ones with the hidden cameras.
"Most cases the rooms involved always have the light on and the switch deliberately made out of order," he said.
He also states that using a smartphone's camera to pan around the room without engaging a flash is a practical way to determine if a room has a camera hidden on it. If a red light is spotted on the phone's images, the room has a hidden camera.
