Infusher Andrew Tate and his brother Tristan are being investigated for crime in the United States, Florida’s highest prosecutor announces.
The brothers traveled to the United States last week, after their travel restrictions were canceled at the request of the United States, according to information to the Financial Times.
According to Prosecutor James Uthmeier, the brothers have publicly recognized that they have participated in what seems to be human trafficking.
“This is an ongoing criminal investigation and we will use all the tools we have to ensure that justice is shipped,” Uthmeier said in a statement in local media, according to AFP.
Details: Trump administration behind the trip
38-year-old Andrew Tate and his brother Tristan, 36, arrived in the United States last week, since their restrictions to leave Romania were lifted.
According to information to Financial Times The brothers’ travel restrictions were lifted after pressure from Donald Trump’s administration. The brothers’ case must first have been mentioned in a telephone call between US officials and the Romanian government and then re -spoken at a meeting during the Munich Security Conference between Romania’s Foreign Minister Emil Hinezeanu and Trump’s special envoy Richard Grenell.
In addition, an American request must have come to the brothers back and be allowed to travel again, a source told the Financial Times.
Both brothers have previously been reported to be loud supporters by Donald Trump and expressed their support for the president during his election campaign earlier this fall. But Floridas Governor Ron Desantis is not satisfied with the brothers’ arrival in the state:
“Florida is not a place where you are welcome with that kind of behavior,” Desantis said, referring to the charges against the brothers.
Is investigated for trade in minors
In Romania, they are accused, among other things, of rape, trade in minors and for organizing a criminal group for sexual exploitation of women.
Both deny crime and have dual citizenship, in both the United Kingdom and the United States. Last year a Romanian court decided that the two would be extradited to the United Kingdom, where they were also suspected of several crimes, but also announced that the extradition could take several years due to the separate case in Romania.
The brothers must return to Romania for court proceedings on March 24, according to Romanian authorities.