Man, 59, arrested for raping and filming 3 women near Rome

A 59-year-old Roman waste collector was arrested in Rome Monday on suspicion of raping at least three women near the Italian capital between last September and January and filming the rapes.

The alleged crimes were committed in Capranica near Viterbo north of Rome, Riano near Rome and Mazzano Romano, also near the capital.

Police said they had found images on his phone of three helpless women being sexually abused.

Italy is suffering an apparent epidemic of gender violence.

Source: Ansa News Agency (ANA)