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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Angela Giuffrida in Rome

Milan tram drivers accused of sharing CCTV images of female passengers’ thighs and breasts

A Milan tram
The drivers allegedly commented on images that homed in on the legs, faces, breasts and thighs of female passengers. Photograph: Lynne Sutherland/Alamy

A group of tram drivers in Milan have been suspended from their jobs amid an investigation into a WhatsApp group in which they allegedly exchanged sexist and vulgar comments about images of female passengers.

Milan prosecutors placed at least one employee of ATM, the city’s public transport firm, under investigation on Tuesday for allegedly accessing an IT system without authorisation and for hacking a CCTV system to obtain images of female passengers.

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