The Bucharest Tribunal has extended the preventive detention of brothers Andrew and Tristan Tate, who are investigated for setting up an organized criminal group, human trafficking and rape for another month.
According to the Romanian Directorate for Investigating Organised Crime and Terrorism (DIICOT) the Tate brothers, both British citizens, and two young women, Georgiana Manuel Naghel and Alexandra Luana Radu, set up an organized criminal group for the purpose of extortion, lodging and exploitation, by forcing women to create materials of a lewd nature intended to be broadcast for a fee on special websites. The two allegedly obtained important sums of money from such activities.
The court has since replaced preventive detention for Georgiana Manuela Naghel and Alexandra-Luana Radu with house arrest.
So far, six victims sexually exploited by the group led by the two British brothers have been identified.
During the investigation, DIICOT prosecutors seized several assets owned by the Tate brothers in Romania, including real estate and luxury cars.
The decision is not final.
