Andrew Tate and brother Tristan Tate had their Bucharest home raided Wednesday and were taken in for questioning by Romania’s anti-organized crime agency.
Romanian authorities on Wednesday raided the Bucharest home of influencer Andrew Tate, the latest move in the country’s probe into human-trafficking allegations against the polarizing internet personality.
Tate, 37, and his brother, Tristan, 36, who were arrested in 2022 near Bucharest along with two Romanian women, were indicted by Romanian prosecutors last year and are awaiting trial on charges of human trafficking, rape and forming a criminal gang to sexually exploit women.
On Wednesday, masked police officers with Romania’s anti-organized crime agency, DIICOT, searched four homes in Bucharest and the nearby Ilfov County during their investigation, according to the Associated Press. Dozens of officers and forensic personnel scoured the former kickboxer’s large property on the edge of the capital as they investigated allegations of human trafficking, trafficking of minors, sexual intercourse with a minor, influencing statements and money laundering.
Police vans took the Tates to the DIICOT offices for questioning, and the brothers were met by a small crowd of reporters and supporters when they arrived at the agency, the BBC reported.
