london where assange took refuge for seven years. now, the search was requested by the united states. assanging legal team believes the confiscated items will ultimately be handed over to american authorities. >> the founder of wikileaks currently serving a prison sentence for skipping bail in the united kingdom. he faces extradition requests from the united states and from sweden, which had just submitted a court application to officially detain assange. that in turn could provoke an extradition from the united kingdom. let's bring in cnn's phil black. phil following the story in london outside the ecuadorian embassy. and phil, is there any indication of what sort of things assange could have left behind there? >> reporter: well, george, when julian assange was bundled out of the embassy back in april he didn't really have a chance to grab any of his possessions or belongings and take them with him and it seems the british police may have not taken everything either. so whatever remains, that's what -- that's what this team of