Romanian news website Cancan on Sunday published photos of several Israeli men it described as "former Mossad agents," two of whom were arrested in Bucharest last week on suspicion of spying on the country's chief anti-corruption prosecutor.
According to Romanian media reports, the two arrested men, Ron Weiner and David Geclowicz, served in the IDF's 8200 intelligence unit and worked at the private Israeli intelligence firm Black Cube.
Romanian media reported Sunday that two more "Mossad agents," Yossi Berkstein, 27, and Samy Geclowicz, 26, had also been arrested. The latter is Geclowicz's brother. Both siblings were reportedly born to Israeli parents in Antwerp and hold dual Belgian-Israeli citizenship.
David Geclowicz's lawyer said in an interview Sunday: "My client's arrest is illegal. The authorities have nothing to justify the arrest, at least according the materials that I have seen. The evidence they have presented to me is not solid enough to consider extending my client's arrest."
According to reports in Romania, there was a clear division of labor between the two Israelis initially arrested. David Geclowicz was reportedly responsible for harassing anti-corruption prosecutor Laura Codruta Kovesi's family via telephone, while Weiner was responsible for technological and cyber duties. A senior official in the investigation said, "These terms were determined by the owners of Black Cube and the methods they learned in the Mossad."
Geclowicz's lawyer responded to the claim, saying, "This is ridiculous." He added: "When I first met him [Geclowicz] on Thursday, I saw a young, thin boy who asked me for Harry Potter books in English and asked all the time if his mother was okay and not worrying."
Meanwhile, Kovesi was interviewed by PRO TV on Sunday, and said she knew "who the people who followed me are and who sent them."
Asked in which language she and her family were harassed and in which language the emails to them were written, she declined to answer. She went on to say, "Unfortunately, Romania does not have the technology to deal with incidents like this. I think that until we have the technology, the best thing to do is to allow the judges and police officers to listen to our wiretaps."
The investigative authority in Romania is divided into three bodies. Currently, espionage and wiretapping materials are only available to Kovesi's anti-corruption office. She has been hinting at her intention to provide the materials to the police and senior judges.