Andrew Tate\u2019s human trafficking charge \u201cbroadened\u201d by Romanian prosecutors YouTube: On Demand NewsThe Romanian prosecutors investigating Andrew and Tristan Tate have upgraded charges against them from separate counts of trafficking to human trafficking in continued form. The Tate brothers have been under investigation for human trafficking since December 2022, when they were arrested in Romania and imprisoned for several months. They were released into house arrest in May earlier this year. Today, Andrew and Tristan were summoned to the Directorate for Investigating Organized Crime and Terrorism (DIICOT), where prosecutors informed the brothers and the press that the investigation was being broadened to address the more significant crime of human trafficking in continued form. Investigation into Andrew and Tristan Tate upgraded Romanian prosecutors responsible for investigating allegations of human trafficking by the Tates said that they are changing the investigation to one of \u201chuman trafficking in continued form\u201d rather than separate occasions of trafficking. They described this change as one that investigates a \u201cmore serious crime\u201d than was originally being investigated. DIICOT also said that another victim had been added to the case, meaning the brothers are now being investigated for allegations brought forward by more than six women. Under Romanian law, the Tate brothers could face jail sentences for as long as ten years for trafficking adults. The Tates have denied all accusations of human trafficking, rape, and sexual exploitation. The Tate brothers\u2019 legal team said these changes were in the suspects\u2019 \u201clegal interest,\u201d saying: \u201cThe legal framework has been revised and altered to ensure an impartial investigation is upheld.\u201d Andrew Tate also responded on Twitter to the updated situation, saying: \u201cToday I went to Dicott and they rearranged all the accusations and restructured them in a way that benefitted me massively because they don\u2019t have any evidence. \u201cNow they will try and charge me after jumping through the hoops that even made that possible with a lack of evidence.\u201d The case is under investigation and has not yet gone to trial, with prosecutors expected to commit them for trial at some point in June. For more information on Andrew Tate\u2019s arrest, check out our explainer on why Romanian authorities took him and his brother into custody.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Andrew Tate\u2019s human trafficking charge \u201cbroadened\u201d by Romanian prosecutors YouTube: On Demand NewsThe Romanian prosecutors investigating Andrew and Tristan Tate have upgraded charges against them from separate counts of trafficking to human trafficking in continued form. The Tate brothers have been under investigation for human trafficking since December 2022, when they were arrested in Romania […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-44374","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44374","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=44374"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44374\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44374"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44374"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44374"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}