Romania Indicts Andrew Tate Over $1.25 Million Minor-Trafficking Case as Extradition Fight Continues
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Updated · CNN · Sep 4
Romania Indicts Andrew Tate Over $1.25 Million Minor-Trafficking Case as Extradition Fight Continues
3 articles · Updated · CNN · Sep 4
Summary
Romanian prosecutors charged Andrew Tate with trafficking minors, sex with a minor, money laundering and witness tampering, while brother Tristan Tate was indicted for complicity after a years-long probe.
DIICOT said Andrew Tate groomed a 15-year-old in Britain in 2012, moved her to Bucharest and forced her into webcam pornography, with Tristan allegedly using violence to help coerce her.
Prosecutors said the brothers kept $1.25 million—about 80% of the victim’s earnings—and laundered the money through four luxury cars.
The case now goes to a preliminary court chamber to test the indictment’s legality, a process formally capped at 60 days but often much longer, so no trial will start immediately.
The brothers are jailed in Miami on a British extradition request over rape charges, and Romanian authorities have not decided whether to seek their return from the United States.