Romania’s Justice Minister Radu Marinescu has called for a public explanation into why controversial social media influencers Andrew and Tristan Tate were allowed to leave the country on Thursday. The brothers – who are currently facing charges including human trafficking in Romania – had been under a travel ban for more than two years before it was lifted, allowing them to fly to the US. Andrew, 38, and his brother Tristan, 36, have strongly denied the allegations against them.
The brothers are dual US-UK citizens, and were first arrested in Romania in 2022, where they are accused of human trafficking and forming an organised group to sexually exploit women. Andrew Tate is also accused of rape. They spent several months under house arrest in Romania, before prosecutors announced on Thursday that the travel ban had been lifted and the pair’s US passports had been returned to them.
Despite this, investigations into their alleged crimes have not been dropped and they are expected to return to Romania. In the US they also face a civil case from a woman who alleges the brothers coerced her into sex work, and then defamed her after she gave evidence to Romanian authorities. The brothers also face separate charges in the UK of rape and human trafficking.
On Friday, four British women who have accused Andrew Tate of rape and coercive control urged the UK government to “immediately request Tate’s extradition from the US to the UK to face justice.” They said in a joint statement that if it did not, “it won’t just be us it will be failing, but all British victims of alleged sexual violence.”
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