EXCLUSIVE Pictured: Model girlfriend, 28, and ex police worker, 32 – dubbed ‘Tate’s Angels’ – who were arrested with influencer Andrew Tate over claims they ‘helped keep SIX women “like prisoners” and forced them to make online porn videos’
- Luana Radu, 32 was previously based at a police station in central Bucharest
- She quit the force eight years ago to pursue career working in video chat rooms
- US citizen Georgiana Naghel, 28, is described as businesswoman and influencer
These are the two glamorous women, dubbed ‘Tate’s Angels’, arrested with Andrew Tate as part of a human trafficking and rape investigation – one of them a former sub inspector in the Romanian police while the other is his girlfriend.
Luana Radu, 32 was previously based at a police station in central Bucharest but quit the force eight years ago to pursue a career working in video chat rooms, which attract men from all over the world and have become a lucrative industry in Romania.
Stunning model Georgiana Naghel, 28, who is also an American citizen, is described as a businesswoman and influencer who is believed to have been dating Tate for almost a year.
Both women are accused of being Tate’s closest lieutenants with police claiming that they helped to ‘coerce’ and ‘control’ at least six women to create social media porn content and helped to keep them under house arrest ‘like prisoners.’
Georgiana Naghel (pictured), 28, who is also an American citizen, is described as a businesswoman and influencer who is believed to have been dating Tate for almost a year
Luana Radu (pictured), 32 was previously based at a police station in central Bucharest but quit the force eight years ago to pursue a career working in video chat rooms
Andrew Tate was arrested on suspicion of rape and human trafficking. On Friday a Romanian Court announced he will be remanded in custody for 30 days
Tate, 36, his brother Tristan, 34 and the two women are facing charges of human trafficking, rape and forming an organised crime
Ms Naghel was born in Bucharest and raised in the Tuhari district and is believed to have met Tate through friends soon after he moved to the country five years ago.
After initially helping him with his business interests, the two eventually formed a romantic bond and have become a regular fixture at the city’s exclusive clubs and bars.
While working in video chat rooms, Ms Radu, who also uses the name Ellie Dely on social media met Tate and eventually became his administrative assistant, helping him to manage his online business empire, which is worth an estimated £100 million.
A police source told MailOnline: ‘These two women are Tate’s trusted lieutenants and his angels’ (Pictured: Ms Naghel)
Ms Naghel was born in Bucharest and raised in the Tuhari district and is believed to have met Tate (pictured together) through friends soon after he moved to the country five years ago
After initially helping him with his business interests, Ms Naghel and Tate eventually formed a romantic bond and have become a regular fixture at the city’s exclusive clubs and bars (couple pictured together)
While working in video chat rooms, Ms Radu (pictured), who also uses the name Ellie Dely on social media met Tate and eventually became his administrative assistant, helping him to manage his online business empire, which is worth an estimated £100 million
Both Ms Radu (pictured) and Ms Naghel regularly post glamorous photographs of themselves in designer clothes often in exotic locations
Luana Radu, former police officer who was arrested along with social influencer Andrew Tate. They are both currently detained in Bucharest, Romania
The two women were arrested on Thursday night at Tate’s £600,000 warehouse-style mansion where, according to sources (Pictured: Ms Radu)
The two women were arrested on Thursday night at Tate’s £600,000 warehouse-style mansion where, according to sources, they spend most of their time partying and monitoring his business interests.
They are sharing the same cell at the decrepit Bucharest Police Detention Centre where they have been remanded in custody for 29 days, pending further investigation.
Tate and Tristian are also sharing a cell in the same facility.
Both Ms Radu and Ms Naghel regularly post glamorous photographs of themselves in designer clothes often in exotic locations.
A police source told MailOnline: ‘These two women are Tate’s trusted lieutenants and his angels.
The prolific social media personality, 36, was detained at his bolthole in Pipera, Voluntari, on the outskirts of Bucharest (pictured outside)
The influencer moved to Romania to avoid police interference, where he hosts his webcam business
A wood-panelled room with leather armchairs and desk chairs appears to be the room he recorded his widely mocked riposte to Greta Thunberg
Andrew Tate and Tristan Tate are escorted by police officers outside the headquarters of the Directorate for Investigating Organized Crime and Terrorism in Bucharest on Thursday
‘They are an important part of the crimes that took place because they made sure that the women being held against their will did as they were told.
‘The Tate brothers financially benefited from these crimes and so did these two women. They live a fantastic life which is not in keeping with their financial position.’
Ms Radu graduated from the Romanian Police Academy but is only believed to have served as a police officer for around four years before leaving in 2014 to earn more money in video chat rooms.
Under Romanian law, she was obliged to submit an annual statement of assets to prove her financial situation.
Her last one before leaving the force in 2014 published by Romanian media showed that she had less than £400 to her name.
The source added: ‘From her social media posts we see pictures of her in exotic locations wearing luxury brands.
‘The police investigation will establish how she suddenly came into this money.’
Ms Naghel has posted few pictures on social media of her and Tate together although last year he posted one of them on a private jet writing: ‘Flying in my Jet with the only woman I trust. Magic powers.’
Inside Romanian jail where Andrew Tate will spend the next 30 days amid trafficking and rape probe: Influencer ‘will be locked in tiny cell with his brother for 23-hours-a-day, allowed just one hour of exercise, and sleep on bed bug infested mattress’
By David Averre and Vivek Chaudhray for MailOnline
Andrew Tate will ring in the New Year in a Romanian jail cell as investigators look into claims he kept six women under house arrest ‘like prisoners’ is complete, a court decided.
The controversial social media personality and former kickboxer, 36, was arrested on Thursday alongside his brother Tristan, 34, and two Romanian women on suspicion of human trafficking, rape and forming an organised crime group.
The conditions he will face behind bars at the Bucharest Police Detention Centre are a far cry from those of the high-rolling lifestyle he claims to enjoy.
Both Andrew and Tristan are being held in a shabby, cramped cell measuring 15 square metres which has a hole in the ground toilet set in an open cubicle that also doubles up as a shower.
A report on the state of the Romanian prison system by the Council of Europe’s Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment conducted earlier this year revealed unsettling truths about the living conditions inside jails and the treatment inmates suffer at the hands of guards.
Andrew Tate was arrested Thursday on suspicion of rape and human trafficking. On Friday a Romanian Court announced he will be remanded in custody for 30 days
Tate is being held in the Bucharest detention centre in a cell similar to this shabby, cramped cell measuring 15 square metres which has a hole in the ground toilet set in an open cubicle
The Bucharest detention centre in Romania housing Andrew Tate and his brother Tristan is pictured
Tate (pictured) is a prolific social media personality who boasts his lavish lifestyle online
The decrepit Bucharest detention centre was built in the 1960s during Romania’s communist era but was renovated in 2015 to improve conditions. It houses those accused of the most heinous crimes committed in Bucharest and has also held high profile politicians accused of corruption.
According to law, prisoners in Romania are entitled to an hour a day of ‘outdoor recreation’, access to adequate exercise equipment and books, and should be able to take on work opportunities and vocational placements.
But the Council of Europe’s report found that most prisoners remained locked in their cells for 23 hours a day in squalor.
‘Material conditions in all the prisons visited were generally poor, with cells dilapidated, lacking equipment (storage space, tables and chairs), and mattresses and bedding worn out and infested with bed bugs and cockroaches,’ the report said.
‘Many complaints were received about the very limited access to hot water as well as in respect of the insufficient in-cell heating in winter.
‘Moreover, sanitary facilities were often in a poor state of repair and detained persons were not provided with appropriate quantities of detergent and hygiene products.’
What’s more, the one hour of outdoor recreation afforded to prisoners typically takes place in a small space with little to no natural light.
‘Exercise in the open air lasted in general for only one hour per day and took place in yards which were usually small… surrounded by walls and enclosed by one or more layers of low-level metal grilles… and were partially covered by a plexiglass roof panel,’ the report read.
A judge at Bucharest Court House yesterday rejected Tate’s lawyer’s appeal to have him released from jail while investigations continued, meaning the brothers are set to spend up to 29 days in the Bucharest detention centre.
Two women arrested along with them, Georgiana Naghel and Luana Radu are also sharing a cell in the same facility.
Tate and his group were visited by members of his security team today who delivered food and fresh clothes to them.
A member of the team, who did not want to be named, told MailOnline: ‘Andrew and his brother are sharing a cell as are the two women.
‘Andrew is keeping his spirits up and they are all confident that they will be cleared. Given the circumstances, he remains very positive. The conditions inside are not great and it’s not what any of them are used to.’
He added: ‘It’s quite cold in the detention centre as the heating system is vey old. But Andrew is confident that it’s just a matter of time before they will be released.’
The decrepit Bucharest detention centre was built in the 1960s during Romania’s communist era but was renovated in 2015 to improve conditions
The influencer moved to Romania to avoid police interference, where he hosts his webcam business. This Google Earth satellite image shows a bird’s eye view of his compound
The prolific social media personality, 36, was detained at his bolthole in Pipera, Voluntari, on the outskirts of Bucharest (pictured outside today)
Detainees in Romanian prisons are often subjected to brutal treatment, according to another Council of Europe report.
‘A considerable number of allegations of physical ill-treatment of prisoners by prison staff were received… The report details several allegations of physical ill-treatment including sexual abuse by staff and raises serious concerns over the lack of recording of injuries by the health-care service and failures to investigate allegations effectively,’ a 2019 report read.
Even individuals who had not been convicted of a crime were liable to be mistreated by police, the Council of Europe claimed.
‘A large number of allegations of physical ill-treatment (many of which were corroborated by medical evidence) by police officers were received. The allegations consisted primarily of slaps, punches, kicks and baton blows inflicted by police officers against criminal suspects either at the time of the arrest or during questioning at a police station, apparently for the primary purpose of coercing a confession.’
The judge in Bucharest on Friday made his decision to detain Tate along with his brother and their personal assistants Georgiana Naghel and Luana Radu, a former policewoman.
Speaking outside the courthouse, Tate’s representative Eugen Vidineac said they would appeal the decision to keep the influencer behind bars for the next few weeks.
Vidineac told reporters: ‘The court has issued an arrest warrant for 30 days. We’ve appealed it, the court will decide after the appeal what the final solution is.
‘We are not at a stage where guilt or innocence is proven, for now we only discuss preventive measures.’
A wood-panelled room with leather armchairs and desk chairs appears to be the room he recorded his widely mocked riposte to Greta Thunberg
Tate and his companions have been granted the right to appeal the decision and this is likely to be heard next week.
The group have not been formally charged yet, with police in Bucharest insisting that their investigation is continuing and that all four remain suspects.
The alleged criminal ring was arrested a day after Tate was roundly mocked online for a Twitter spat with Greta Thunberg.
Officials close to the case said Tate asked his employees to shadow his victims’ every move, forcing them to take part in online pornographic videos.
‘The abuse was physical and emotional. They were not allowed to leave the house without security and they were watched day and night,’ a Romanian judicial source told the Mail.
The prolific social media personality was detained at a £600,000 bolthole in Pipera, Voluntari, on the outskirts of Bucharest, on Thursday.
The ‘webcam king’ who claimed to be a ‘trillionaire’ was in fact living in a property he did not own at the end of a poorly-laid road.
Andrew Tate and Tristan Tate are escorted by police officers outside the headquarters of the Directorate for Investigating Organized Crime and Terrorism in Bucharest on Thursday
Tate’s Twitter account posted this morning, the day after his arrest: ‘The Matrix sent their agents’
The sprawling home, close to an airport runway, belongs to Talisman Enterprises SRL, which owned by a businesswoman Naghel Manuela.
The Tate brothers were the majority shareholders in Talisman Enterprises SRL until August this year when they sold it to Ms Manuela for an undisclosed sum.
Despite claiming to be a ‘trillionaire’ the company accounts for last year show a modest turnover of £344,000 with assets valued at £468,000 and debts of £732,000.
It is unclear whether the brothers rent the compound or are permitted to live there following the sale of the firm.
Sources close to the police investigation said that officers moved in on Tate’s compound yesterday because it was the first time that they knew that Andrew and his brother Tristan were both in Romania at the same time.
The authorities wanted to be certain that they arrested the brothers together, said the source.
Organised crime body DIICOT assigned their toughest prosecutor Rareș Petru Stan to the case.
Stan has previously taken down mafia bosses and drug dealers in Romania and now requires armed protection after receiving death threats from criminal gangs.
Since the beginning of 2021, the prosecution has been investigating the suspects and had already searched Tate’s villa in April.
The luxury Romanian compound which was raided by police yesterday was filled with guns, supercars and a chess board dedicated to his Grandmaster father
The influencer regularly showcases his lavish lifestyle at his concrete fortress, with a coterie of 33 supercars
Interior shots posted on his and his brother’s Instagram pages show a hi-tech security room with multiple live CCTV feeds and rolling news channels
So far six potential victims have been identified.
The suspects are said to have recruited and exploited women by coercing them into ‘forced labour… and pornographic acts with a view to producing and disseminating such material’ online to ‘obtain substantial financial benefits’.
Andrew and Tristan Tate are both dual-citizens of the US and UK. The brothers were born to an American father and British mother, and grew up partially in both countries.
Police said the two British suspects lured female victims using the ‘loverboy method,’ falsely professing their love and intention to marry them.
The victims were then allegedly transported to buildings in Ilfov county on the outskirts of Bucharest, where they were ‘sexually exploited’ and forced to perform in pornographic videos for dissemination on social media, the police statement said.
The content was then posted on the adult-only content platform Only Fans and the video-sharing site TikTok, with the brothers allegedly pocketing all the proceeds.
Investigators also claim one of the suspects raped a victim on two separate occasions in March 2022. ‘We have information based on what they said on social media, that one of the girls brought in up to €50,000 a month,’ said a source close to the investigation told the Mail. ‘They were given no money from what they earned.’
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