Andrew Tate has been indicted for various crimes including trafficking minors, money laundering, and sexual offences in Romania, according to reports. Romania's Directorate for Investigating Organized Crime and Terrorism outlined the alleged offenses on Friday, which include the alleged exploitation of a minor who was moved to the British town of Luton for the purpose of sexual exploitation and pornography. Tristan Tate–Andrew Tate's brother–was also indicted for allegedly seeking to pervert the course of justice and complicity.
Romanian authorities did not name the Tate brothers in their statement, but said it was part of an investigation into two British men of the same family aged 39 and 38. The Tate brothers, who have dual U.S. and British citizenship, were identified as the indicted individuals in local press, including Romania's national news agency Agerpres. "We will examine every aspect of (the indictment) with the same level of scrutiny and we will challenge any evidential, procedural or legal deficiencies through the appropriate judicial process," a Romanian lawyer for the Tates, Eugen Vidineac, said in a statement, according to .
The Tate brothers currently remain in jail in the U.S. while a judge decides on a request for their extradition to Britain, where they are wanted on rape charges. They were arrested by U.S. Marshals in Miami in July.
They have previously denied all wrongdoing in relation to legal proceedings in the United Kingdom and Romania. Joseph McBride, a lawyer who represents them, told Newsweek after their arrest that "the world knows Andrew and Tristan are innocent." "We are confident that once a competent judge sees the facts, and once the Department of Justice confronts this egregious abuse of its own authority, Andrew and Tristan Tate will walk free," McBride said. "America does not do Britain's political dirty work." This is a breaking story.
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