Andrew Tate and his brother were led in to the Romanian prosecturor’s office as investigators ‘scoured their laptops, phones and tablets’ in an on-going sex trafficking probe.
The brothers were taken from the central detention center of the Capital Police, where they will be detained at least until February 27, to Romania‘s anti-organised crime agency DIICOT for a series of computer searches, judicial sources told Romanian newspaper Gandul.
They are reportedly looking for information on the possible victims of the two Britons.
Andrew Tate, 36, and his brother Tristan, 34, were arrested in December on suspicion of human trafficking, rape and forming an organised crime group to exploit women.
Early this morning, they were brought to DIICOT to be present for a search of their laptops, phones and tablets. They did not stay longer than an hour, according to Romanian media reports.
Andrew Tate (pictured) and his brother were led in to the Romanian prosecturor’s office as investigators ‘scoured their laptops, phones and tablets’ in an on-going sex trafficking probe
The brothers were taken from the central detention center of the Capital Police, where they will be detained at least until February 27, to Romania’s anti-organised crime agency DIICOT for a series of computer searches, judicial sources told Romanian newspaper Gandul (pictured: Tristan Tate)
Sources close to the investigation told Gandul that their videos and conversations with their two alleged accomplices – Georgiana Naghel and Luana Radu – are being sought, as well as conversations that were held with the alleged victims in the file.
The head of the bodyguards who guarded the house of the Tate brothers, Bogdan Stancu, is also expected at DIICOT, as he is currently a witness in the case.
The transcription and examination of all the downloaded materials will be ready in the next two months, judicial sources say.
Neither of the Tate brothers spoke to the media today.
On February 1, Andrew Tate lost his appeal against a decision to keep him in jail for 30 days on sex trafficking charges, meaning he will remain in custody until February 27.
Tate, 36, was arrested in December with his brother Tristan on suspicion of human trafficking, rape and forming an organised crime group to exploit women.
He appeared at the Bucharest court in the beginning of February with Tristan and two of their alleged female accomplices, former police officer Luana Radu and Georgiana Naghel, in a bid to appeal against a judge’s decision to extend their arrest a second time for 30 days.
All four lost their appeal and will be held for the full 30 days, said Ramona Bolla, a spokesperson for DIICOT.
Last month, a judge decided to extend their detention by 20 days due to the ‘particular dangerousness of the defendants’ and their capacity to identify victims ‘with an increased vulnerability, in search of better life opportunities.’
The decision came after Tate told the Romanian court he is ‘being held in custody to make me mentally ill’.
He claimed his detention was part of a ploy to make him succumb mentally.
As Tate was escorted from the Bucharest Court of Appeals with his brother and their two alleged female accomplices, he shouted at reporters: ‘You will find out the truth of this case soon’.
The notorious misogynist insisted there was ‘no evidence’ he exploited young girls and forced them to create pornographic content on webcams.
‘Ask them for evidence and they will give you none because it doesn’t exist,’ Tate shouted as he was escorted from the court into a police van. ‘You will find out the truth of this case soon.’
Andrew Tate (handcuffed left) appeared at the Bucharest court in the beginning of February with Tristan (handcuffed right) and two of their alleged female accomplices, former police officer Luana Radu and Georgiana Naghel, in a bid to appeal against a judge’s decision to extend their arrest a second time for 30 days
