Andrew Tate arrested in Romania again for alleged human trafficking of minors & more

On Wednesday (21 August) controversial content creator Andrew Tate was arrested again in Romania, after police carried out fresh raids at his home.

Tate is awaiting trial on charges of human trafficking, rape and forming a criminal gang to sexually exploit women.

Romania’s anti-organised crime agency, DIICOT, said it was searching four homes in Bucharest and nearby Ilfov county, investigating allegations of human trafficking, the trafficking of minors, sexual intercourse with a minor, influencing statements and money laundering. 

In 2022, Tate and his brother Tristan, both former kick boxers and dual British-U.S citizens who have amassed millions of social media followers, were arrested near Bucharest along with two Romanian women.

Romanian prosecutors formally indicted all four last year where they denied allegations against them.

The brothers were detained in Romania in December 2022, and released from house arrest in August 2023.

In March, they also appeared at the Bucharest Court of Appeal in a separate case, after British authorities issued arrest warrants over allegations of sexual aggression in a U.K. case dating back to 2012-2015.

The appeals court granted the British request to extradite them to the U.K., but only after legal proceedings in Romania have concluded.