Washington, Feb. 18 -- The administration of US President Donald Trump demands that Romania lift travel restrictions on British-American social media personality and former UK kickboxer Andrew Tate and his brother Tristan, charged with human trafficking and rape in Romania, the Financial Times newspaper reported, citing sources.

On February 14, a Bucharest court decided to replace house arrest with judicial control in the case of Andrew Tate.

A request has been filed to return the brothers' passports and allow them to travel while they await the outcome of the trial, the report said on Monday.

The Tate brothers' case was first mentioned in a phone call between US officials and the Romanian government last week, the report read, adding th...