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Andrew Tate arrested amid human trafficking probe - report (1 News)

Controversial internet celebrity Andrew Tate, known for holding extreme and misogynistic views, has been arrested in Romania amid a human trafficking probe, ...

Video broadcast by local media appeared to show Tate being arrested. At the time, Meta said his accounts were removed for violating the company's policies "on dangerous organisations and individuals". The agency said two British citizens and two Romanian citizens were detained but did not name the individuals involved.

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Andrew Tate detained in Romania on organised crime and rape ... (The Guardian)

The controversial online influencer has been accused by prosecutors of 'recruiting, housing and exploiting women by forcing them to create pornographic ...

“However, Andrew and Tristan Tate have the utmost respect for the Romanian authorities and will always assist and help in any way they can.” The Tate brothers have been under criminal investigation since April. They would be detained for 24 hours, prosecutors from the anti organised-crime unit said in a statement after raiding their properties in Bucharest.

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Controversial social media personality Andrew Tate has been ... (ABC News)

Romanian prosecutors say they have detained divisive internet personality and former professional kickboxer Andrew Tate on suspicion of human trafficking, ...

"The four suspects … It was in response to this that Tate then posted a video, smoking a cigar in a bathrobe before a a box of pizza is placed in front of him. Earlier this week, the British national was told to get a life by climate activist Greta Thunberg on Twitter after he told her he owned 33 cars with "enormous emissions."

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Andrew Tate Reportedly Arrested in Romania in Human Trafficking ... (Variety)

Andrew Tate has been reportedly arrested in Romania by anti-terrorism authorities, just one day after a public spat on Twitter with Greta Thunberg.

Tate rose to fame in 2016 as a guest on the British reality show “Big Brother,” on which he drew criticism for homophobic and racist comments made on Twitter. [in a statement](https://www.diicot.ro/mass-media/3829-comunicat-de-presa-29-12-2022) but did not name the suspects. According to Romanian news channel Antena 3 CNN, a former policewoman was also searched and questioned for her alleged involvement in the case. The brothers were questioned at DIICOT for five hours and then released, but inquiries continued, per Libertatea. He was detained along with his brother, Tristan Tate, on suspicion of forming an organized crime group that exploits girls for adult videos, according to Romanian newspaper [Libertatea](https://www.libertatea.ro/stiri/surse-perchezitii-diicot-tristan-tate-andrew-tate-sechestrare-fete-tristan-tate-bianca-dragusanu-4394856/amp). DIICOT confirmed the raid

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Andrew Tate detained in Romania over human trafficking case (BBC News)

Mr Tate - who was detained alongside his brother Tristan - had his house raided in the capital, Bucharest. A lawyer for the brothers confirmed their detention, ...

"The four suspects ... He has since been reinstated. At the time of his expulsion from the show, Mr Tate said the video had been edited, calling it "a total lie trying to make me look bad". In 2016, he entered the Big Brother house but was soon removed after a video was circulated, which appeared to show him hitting a woman with a belt. He went on to gain notoriety online, with Twitter banning him for saying women should "bear responsibility" for being sexually assaulted. The former kickboxer rose to fame in 2016 when he was removed from British TV show Big Brother over a video which appeared to show him attacking a woman.

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Former kickboxer Andrew Tate arrested in Romania over human ... (WION)

Controversial social media influencer and former kickboxer Andrew Tate was arrested along with his brother in Romania in a human trafficking case.

A spokesperson for Tate told the Daily Mirror did not provide further details regarding the arrest. "The four suspects... Tate, 36, and his brother Tristan, 34, along with two other suspects, were arrested for allegedly abducting two girls

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