Andrew Tate and his brother were detained in Romania as part of a human trafficking prosecution. Learn more about Andrew Tate’s Romanian arrest, including all that is known so far.
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Andrew Tate and his brother being taken into custody by Romanian authorities. pic.twitter.com/0jHoJDIkY6
— Alejandra Caraballo (@Esqueer_) December 29, 2022
Why was Andrew Tate arrested in Romania?
Detained on Multiple charges:
According to numerous reports, internet celebrity and former professional kickboxer Andrew Tate and his brother have been imprisoned in Romania on several allegations, including human trafficking.
Tate, his brother Tristan, and two other suspects would be detained for a full day, according to Romanian authorities. Since April, there has been an investigation into the two brothers.
According to reports, Tate was detained on charges of rape, human trafficking, and organizing a gang of criminals. As per the Press release, prosecutors claimed to have located six women who had been sexually abused by the suspects.
Andrew Tate’s video in response to Greta Thunberg allowed Romanian authorities to confirm he was in the country, and arrest him in human trafficking investigation, due to the pizza chain shown in the 2-minute rant. pic.twitter.com/RJzwJvZVaP
— Pop Base (@PopBase) December 29, 2022
Andrew Tate, a controversial former kickboxer and social media personality
Andrew Tate, a controversial former kickboxer and social media personality, was detained for allegedly kidnapping two girls in Romania. Following a raid on Thursday, a handcuffed Tate, 36, who gained notoriety this year for his sexist and misogynistic beliefs, was seen being carried out his opulent villa by police. Along with two other suspects, his younger brother Tristan, 34, was also detained, and the four were all kept for a full day in Bucharest.
The British man, who was raised in Luton but was born in Washington, DC, is being investigated by the Directorate for Investigating Organized Crime and Terrorism (DIICOT). According to reports in Romania, he and his brother are being interrogated on suspicion of being part of an organized crime group that used women in adult videos.
An investigation into human trafficking led to the arrest of Andrew Tate for “abducting two girls.”
When authorities allegedly discovered two girls who claimed they were being detained against their will, the siblings were also reportedly questioned in April. The brothers were freed while the inquiry was ongoing, but on Thursday they were arrested once more in connection with a probe into rape, human trafficking, and the formation of an organized crime ring.
The Tate brothers and two other unnamed individuals, according to Romanian authorities “have established an organized crime organization to enlist, housing, and utilize women by compelling them to produce pornographic content. They would have made huge financial gains.”
“We cannot at this time provide any details regarding the claimed accusations that they have been detained,” a Tate representative told the Daily Mirror. “However, Andrew and Tristan Tate have the utmost respect for the Romanian authorities and will always support and help in any way they can.”
Before he was banned from social media sites including Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, and Twitter, as well as YouTube, Tate was the most searched-for man online earlier this year. When Elon Musk finished taking control of the tech giant, Tate’s Twitter account was reinstated, and he started posting again almost away.
yes, please do enlighten me. email me at [email protected] https://t.co/V8geeVvEvg
— Greta Thunberg (@GretaThunberg) December 28, 2022
One day after clashing with climate activist Greta Thunberg on Twitter and boasting about his collection of 33 automobiles, Tate was arrested.
Tate posted on the platform, “This is just the beginning. Please give me your email address so I will send you a detailed list of all the vehicles in my collection and their massive emissions. Yes, kindly enlighten me, the activist from Sweden, age 19, said in response. [email protected] is my email address.
The nation’s organized crime and terrorism team will examine self-described misogynist Andrew Tate and his brother as part of the investigation into alleged sex crimes and human trafficking charges.
The timing of the raids is thought to have been influenced by his online altercation with Greta Thunberg; a day earlier, he had mocked the climate activist while posing next to a Romanian pizza box, perhaps giving away his whereabouts to law enforcement.
Thank you for confirming via your email address that you have a small penis @GretaThunberg
The world was curious.
And I do agree you should get a life ❤️ https://t.co/mHmiKHjDGH pic.twitter.com/SMisajQRcf
— Andrew Tate (@Cobratate) December 28, 2022
Romanian authorities needed proof that Andrew Tate was in the country so they reportedly used his social media posts. His ridiculous video yesterday featured a pizza from a Romanian pizza chain, Jerry's Pizza, confirming he was in the country.
This is absolutely epic. pic.twitter.com/kyz4pqegkJ
— Alejandra Caraballo (@Esqueer_) December 29, 2022
Who were Andrew and Tristan Tate?
On Thursday, authorities detain Andrew and Tristan Tate. They will be detained for 24 hours to be questioned as part of an inquiry into human trafficking.
Requests for a response on Thursday evening were not immediately answered by the FBI or the US State Department. Emory Andrew Tate III, a native of Chicago, has been dubbed “the king of toxic masculinity” for the anti-women internet rants that have made him famous and won him millions of followers.
Former professional kickboxer Tate initially gained attention when he made an appearance on Big Brother in 2016. However, he was fired from the show after a video surfaced online that purported to show him punching a woman with a belt; a film he insisted was altered.
On April 11 of this year, a human trafficking inquiry also resulted in a raid on Tate’s residence in the country of Eastern Europe. The Tate brothers were arrested for several hours for questioning during the April raid, which was sparked by a complaint from a US resident to the American Embassy in Bucharest, but they were eventually freed while the investigation progressed.
In the past, Andrew Tate has bragged to his supporters that “40%” of the reason he moved to Romania was that the police there were less inclined to investigate any claims of sexual assault against him.
Tristan and Andrew Tate each hold dual citizenship with the US and the UK. The brothers, who had a British mother and an American father, split their childhood between the two nations. The two British suspects, according to the police, pretended to love and want to marry their female victims to entice them.
The victims were then taken to locations in the county of Ilfov outside of Bucharest, where they were allegedly “sexually exploited” and made to appear in pornographic recordings for online distribution, according to a police statement.
According to police, the suspects intimidated the women, kept an eye on them constantly, controlled them, and used claimed debts to get them to comply with their demands.
What did prosecutors confess?
Prosecutors claim that the victims were coerced into appearing in pornographic recordings that were being sold online. How one toxic masculinity king warped an entire generation: Before being blocked by social media firms, Andrew Tate received more Google hits than Donald Trump because of his anti-women rants.
Andrew Tate is frequently spotted online posing with stunning women, large sums of money, and a collection of fast cars. It’s a way of life that has brought him millions of online fans. According to the police, a total of six victims have come forward and claimed the organized criminal gang sexually victimized them.
Cops withheld the names of the individuals whose Romanian homes were searched, but photographs from the searches looked to unmistakably correspond to images of Tate’s residence that had previously been shared on social media. According to the police, the four suspects were kept for 24 hours while they were being questioned on Thursday.
A former Romanian policewoman’s home was also raided on Thursday, according to local press sources, and she was taken in for interrogation as part of the investigation. Tate, who was raised in Luton, England after being born in Chicago, Illinois, has a questionable image as a result of his numerous business ventures.
He allegedly established a webcam business in Romania with his brother Tristan where young models gave unwary male viewers sob stories. Tate asserts that despite earlier calling the website “a terrible hoax,” he has profited millions from it.
People’s reaction to Andrew Tate’s arrest
Not only did Greta Thunberg destroy Andrew Tate with her tweet, she made him so angry he inadvertently tipped off Romanian authorities of his presence in Romania with his lame comeback video.
Greta is an absolute legend. pic.twitter.com/VkuvYfZvAd
— Alejandra Caraballo (@Esqueer_) December 29, 2022
ANDREW TATE and his Brother have been Released.
NO CHARGES.#TopG with the W.🖕 Take the ( L ) Greta fans🖕 pic.twitter.com/YP9GKrNRAv
— Mark Wix SCD (@MarkWix2) December 30, 2022
The Romanian pizza chain appearing in Andrew Tate’s response video to Greta Thunberg was reportedly used as proof for Romanian authorities to confirm his presence in the country, leading to the arrest of him and his brother in a human trafficking probe pic.twitter.com/MD0cved7q5
— Dexerto (@Dexerto) December 29, 2022
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