Romania Charges Tate Brothers Over $1.2 Million Sex-Trafficking Scheme as They Fight UK Extradition
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Updated · BBC.com · Sep 5
Romania Charges Tate Brothers Over $1.2 Million Sex-Trafficking Scheme as They Fight UK Extradition
3 articles · Updated · BBC.com · Sep 5
Summary
Romanian prosecutors said Andrew and Tristan Tate made more than $1.2 million by coercing a girl into sex acts on video chats, adding new trafficking, money-laundering and sex-crime charges.
Andrew Tate, 39, was charged with trafficking minors, money laundering and sex with a minor; Tristan, 38, with complicity in trafficking minors and money laundering.
DIICOT alleges Tristan recruited a vulnerable girl at 15 in Britain, Andrew exploited her in Luton and later moved her to Romania, using surveillance and physical aggression to control her.
Prosecutors also asked to confiscate four luxury cars worth £710,000 that they say were bought with laundered proceeds.
The brothers, jailed in Miami while contesting UK extradition on separate charges, deny wrongdoing; a Romanian judge must still review the indictment before any trial can begin.