Romanian prosecutors have decided to change the criminal charges against British influencer Andrew Tait, his brother Tristan and two other suspects who are currently being investigated for ongoing human trafficking to a more serious crime than individual criminal charges. human trafficking, writes Reuters.

DIICOT has informed the Tate brothers that the charge of human trafficking has been changed to continued human trafficking, Reuters writes, citing a DIICOT representative. In addition, another victim was added to this case, which started with six women, the spokesman said.

Tate Brothers’ legal team said Tuesday’s changes were in the “legal interests” of the suspects. “The legal framework has been reviewed and amended to ensure an impartial investigation,” the statement said.

The Tate brothers and two co-defendants are under house arrest pending a criminal investigation into allegations of human trafficking, rape and forming a group to sexually exploit women, charges they deny. Prosecutors are expected to send them to court later this month, Reuters reported.

The four were detained from December 29 to March 31, when the Bucharest Court of Appeal decided they could no longer be detained and ordered them to be placed under house arrest.

Also on Tuesday, DIICOT prosecutors conducted raids in Bucharest, Cluj-Napoca and Ilfov County against a group that recruited young women using the lover method and forced them to create sexually explicit videos through physical violence. They tattooed the name or face of the one who exploited them. Among those targeted is Vlad Obu, a close relative of the Tate brothers who tried to copy them and who was heard as a witness in their case, writes News.ro. He would be detained by the investigators.

Allegations made by DIICOT against Tate Brothers

According to DIICOT, the Tate brothers (of British nationality) and two young women, Georgiana Manuela Nagel and Alexandra-Luana Radu, formed an organized crime group for the purpose of recruitment, placement and exploitation, forcing some of the women to create materials of pornographic content intended for distribution on payment on profile sites. He would have received considerable sums of money from this activity.

Investigators say the Tate brothers recruited young women under the pretense of a romantic relationship, then took them to a house in Ilfow County, where they forced them to film videos that were posted on adult websites.

The two brothers misled the young women that they wanted a marriage/cohabitation relationship and that they really had feelings of love for them (the boyfriend method).

The women were allegedly later transported and placed in a building in Ilfov county where, through acts of physical violence and psychological coercion (intimidation, constant surveillance, control and collection of alleged debts), they were sexually exploited by members of the group by forcing them to perform pornographic manifestations for the purpose of production and distribution through social networking platforms of materials of this nature and by coercive subordination of the performance of work in order to obtain important financial benefits consisting of monetary sums as a result of users’ access to materials.

The victims told investigators that a video chat studio had been set up at the villa in Ilfov County and that they were met by armed guards upon arrival. At the same time, they would be forced to get a tattoo saying “belongs to Tate”.

During the investigation, DIICOT prosecutors seized 15 luxury cars and ten houses and land owned in Romania by Andrew and Tristan Tate. According to court sources, the list of luxury cars seized by DIICOT from the Tate brothers includes three Porsche cars, two BMWs, two Ferraris, an Aston Martin car, a McLaren, a Lamborghini and five Mercedes cars. Fifteen houses and land owned by the two brothers in Romania were also seized, along with other assets such as luxury watches.