Andrew, Tristan Tate detained in Romania in new trafficking probe
Al Jazeera
Romanian authorities say probe relates to alleged crimes including human trafficking and sex with a minor.
Influencers Andrew and Tristan Tate have been detained in Romania as part of an investigation into new allegations of criminality, including human trafficking and sex with a minor.
The Tate brothers, who were indicted last year on charges including human trafficking and rape, were detained for questioning overnight on Wednesday after investigators carried out searches on four properties in Bucharest and Ilfov county.
Romania’s Directorate for Investigating Organized Crime and Terrorism (DIICOT) said in a statement that the new probe related to the alleged trafficking of minors, human trafficking, sexual intercourse with a minor, influencing statements and money laundering.
The controversial brothers, who have attracted millions of followers on social media by promoting an ultra-masculine lifestyle that critics say glorifies misogyny, have denied the existing charges against them.
As the brothers were escorted from their Bucharest home into a police van on Wednesday night, Andrew Tate told reporters that prosecutors had gotten “desperate”.
