Brothers Andrew and Tristan Tate were detained Wednesday night by the Directorate for Investigating Organised Crime and Terrorism (DIICOT) prosecutors in a case in which they are accused of forming an organized criminal group, trafficking in minors, trafficking in persons, sexual intercourse with a minor, influencing statements and money laundering.

After several hours of questioning, Andrew and Tristan Tate were handcuffed and taken out of the DIICOT headquarters and put into a police van.

Before being put in the van, the Tate brothers were outraged by the charges against them, claiming there was no evidence against them.

In the same case, four other people have been detained, DIICOT representatives say.

On Wednesday morning, the Romanian Police General Inspectorate (IGPR) and DIICOT carried out four raids in Ilfov county and in the capital, including at the Tate brothers’ residence.

The Tate brothers, with dual British and American citizenship, were indicted in another case on June 20, 2023, on charges of constituting an organized criminal group for the purpose of solicitation, accommodation and exploitation, by forcing women to create pornographic material for distribution for a fee on pornographic websites. The defendants allegedly obtained large amounts of money from these activities.

AGERPRES