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ARCHIVE: Bucharest, Romania – 23 September 2024
1. Various of Andrew and Tristan Tate
VOICEOVER: A Romanian official has said Influencer brothers Andrew and Tristan Tate have left for the U.S. after a travel ban imposed on them was lifted.
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ARCHIVE: Bucharest, Romania – 10 December 2024
2. Various of brothers Andrew and Tristan Tate arriving at Court of Appeal, going through security check
VOICEOVER: Both are charged with offenses in Romania, including human trafficking and forming a criminal gang to sexually exploit women. It’s unclear under what conditions the brothers were allowed to leave Romania, but Romania’s anti-organised crime agency has said judicial controls remain in place, including the requirement “to appear before judicial authorities whenever summoned”.
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Bucharest – 10 January 2023
3. Brothers Andrew Tate and Tristan Tate being escorted to police van outside appeal court
VOICEOVER: Andrew and Tristan Tate, who are both dual U.S.-British citizens, were arrested in Romania in 2022, along with two Romanian women. All four were formally indicted last year – all deny all of the allegations.
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ARCHIVE: Bucharest, Romania – 9 January 2025
4. Brothers Andrew and Tristan Tate arriving and then leaving Bucharest tribunal
VOICEOVER: The Tates are keen supporters of U.S. President Donald Trump, and boast millions of online followers. Romania’s foreign minister said this month that an official from Trump’s administration had expressed interest in the Tate’s case during the Munich Security Conference, but that it did not amount to pressure.
STORYLINE:
Influencer brothers Andrew and Tristan Tate, who are charged with human trafficking in Romania, have left for the U.S. after a travel ban on them was lifted, an official said Thursday.
The brothers are also charged with forming a criminal gang to sexually exploit women.
It is not clear under what conditions the Tates — who are keen supporters of U.S. President Donald Trump and boast millions of online followers — were allowed to leave Romania.
An official at the Ministry of Internal Affairs, who spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss the case, said the decision was at the discretion of prosecutors.
Romania’s anti-organized crime agency, DIICOT, said in a statement Thursday that prosecutors approved a "request to modify the obligation preventing the defendants from leaving Romania,” but that judicial control measures remained in place. The agency did not say who had made the request.
“These include the requirement to appear before judicial authorities whenever summoned,” the statement read. “The defendants have been warned that deliberately violating these obligations may result in judicial control being replaced with a stricter deprivation of liberty measure.”
Andrew Tate, 38, and Tristan Tate, 36 — who are dual U.S.-British citizens — were arrested near Romania’s capital in late 2022 along with two Romanian women. Romanian prosecutors formally indicted all four last year. In April, the Bucharest Tribunal ruled that a trial could start but did not set a date. All four deny all of the allegations.
The Tates’ departure came after Romania’s Foreign Minister Emil Hurezeanu said this month that a U.S. official under the current Trump administration had expressed interest in the brothers’ legal case in Romania at the Munich Security Conference. The minister insisted it didn’t amount to pressure.
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