{"id":213412,"date":"2025-06-25T14:59:20","date_gmt":"2025-06-25T14:59:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/213412\/"},"modified":"2025-06-25T14:59:20","modified_gmt":"2025-06-25T14:59:20","slug":"man-extradited-from-germany-on-human-trafficking-charge-remanded-into-custody","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/213412\/","title":{"rendered":"Man extradited from Germany on human trafficking charge remanded into custody"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Belfast Magistrates Court\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/877ab33c-44e1-4850-a288-4e7676c81347.jpg\" loading=\"eager\" width=\"100%\" data-testid=\"article-image\"  \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"beltel-ebe0ecc6_root beltel-ebe0ecc6_caption1 beltel-300db776_none beltel-91174671_secondary beltel-66f0fec7_regular beltel-1d70522a_marginbottom0 beltel-1d70522a_marginleft0 beltel-1d70522a_marginright0 beltel-1d70522a_margintop3 beltel-b48c4984_left\" style=\"color:var(--color-grey-60)\">Belfast Magistrates Court<\/p>\n<p class=\"beltel-ebe0ecc6_root beltel-ebe0ecc6_paragraph beltel-300db776_none beltel-91174671_primary beltel-1d70522a_marginbottom0 beltel-1d70522a_margintop0 beltel-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">A man extradited from Germany to Northern Ireland was remanded into custody today charged with human trafficking.<\/p>\n<p class=\"beltel-ebe0ecc6_root beltel-ebe0ecc6_paragraph beltel-300db776_none beltel-91174671_primary beltel-1d70522a_marginbottom5 beltel-1d70522a_margintop0 beltel-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">Adrian Vasile Popescu (40) is also accused of being involved in transferring nearly \u00a35,000 worth of criminal property.<\/p>\n<p class=\"beltel-ebe0ecc6_root beltel-ebe0ecc6_paragraph beltel-300db776_none beltel-91174671_primary beltel-1d70522a_marginbottom5 beltel-1d70522a_margintop0 beltel-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">Popescu, with a previous address at Damascus Street in Belfast, was detained at Forstinning near Munich last month under an international arrest warrant.<\/p>\n<p class=\"beltel-ebe0ecc6_root beltel-ebe0ecc6_paragraph beltel-300db776_none beltel-91174671_primary beltel-1d70522a_marginbottom5 beltel-1d70522a_margintop0 beltel-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">Police have been seeking the Romanian national to stand trial for alleged offences dating back to October 2017.<\/p>\n<p class=\"beltel-ebe0ecc6_root beltel-ebe0ecc6_paragraph beltel-300db776_none beltel-91174671_primary beltel-1d70522a_marginbottom5 beltel-1d70522a_margintop0 beltel-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">He appeared at Belfast Magistrates\u2019 Court today after the extradition process was completed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"beltel-ebe0ecc6_root beltel-ebe0ecc6_paragraph beltel-300db776_none beltel-91174671_primary beltel-1d70522a_marginbottom5 beltel-1d70522a_margintop0 beltel-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">Popescu faces a charge of trafficking a woman with a view to her exploitation, and two counts of aiding and abetting the transfer of criminal property to the value of \u00a34,735.<\/p>\n<p class=\"beltel-ebe0ecc6_root beltel-ebe0ecc6_paragraph beltel-300db776_none beltel-91174671_primary beltel-1d70522a_marginbottom5 beltel-1d70522a_margintop0 beltel-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">Defence solicitor Karl McKenna told the court his client was not seeking bail because no suitable address is available.<\/p>\n<p class=\"beltel-ebe0ecc6_root beltel-ebe0ecc6_paragraph beltel-300db776_none beltel-91174671_primary beltel-1d70522a_marginbottom5 beltel-1d70522a_margintop0 beltel-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">Remanding Popescu in custody until July 22, District Judge Steven Keown indicated that a date for preliminary enquiry could be listed at that stage.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Belfast Magistrates Court A man extradited from Germany to Northern Ireland was remanded into custody today charged 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