Four more luxury vehicles have been seized in the investigation into Andrew Tate, a divisive social media personality who was detained in Romania last week on charges of human trafficking and rape, according to an official.
Prosecutors investigating the case seized the additional four vehicles on Thursday (Friday NZ time) on top of 11 others seized in raids last week, Ramona Bolla, a spokesperson for Romanian anti-organised crime agency DIICOT, told The Associated Press.
At least seven of the seized vehicles — some of which local media report are limited editions worth up to $300,000 — are registered to Tate and his brother Tristan Tate who was detained last week in the same case, she said. Some of the other vehicles either aren’t registered or don’t have documentation.
Bolla also said that more than 10 properties or land owned by companies registered to the Tate brothers have been seized in the investigation so far.
“If we prove they gained money through human trafficking,” Bolla said, “they will be taken by the state and [will] cover the expenses of the investigation and damages to the victims.”