Romanian Justice Minister Rado Marinsco called for a public explanation for the reason for the controversial social media effects to allow Andrew and Tate Tate to leave the country on Thursday.
The brothers – who are currently facing charges, including human trafficking in Romania – were under a travel ban for more than two years before lifting it, allowing them to fly to the United States.
Marinescu asked DIICOT service, “performing any necessary investigation to detect the truth immediately, properly, and effectively.”
Andrew, 38, and his brother Treetstan, 36, he strongly denied allegations against them.
Brothers, double citizens of the United States of America, and they were first arrested in Romania in 2022, accusing human trafficking and forming an organized group of sexual exploitation. Andrew Tate is also accused of rape.
They spent several months under the arrest of the house in Romania, before prosecutors announced on Thursday that the travel ban was lifted and that the passports of the American couple were returned to them.
Nevertheless, investigations have not been dropped in their alleged crimes and are expected to return to Romania.
In the United States, they also face a civil issue from a woman claiming that the brothers have returned to sexual work, then distorted it after they have provided evidence of the Roman authorities.
The brothers also face separate charges in the United Kingdom of rape and human trafficking.
On Friday, four British women have accused Andrew Tate of rape and forced control of the UK government to “request a Tate delivery immediately from the United States to the United Kingdom to confront justice.”
They said in a joint statement that if this does not happen, “it will not be just a failure, but all British victims of alleged sexual violence.”
They added: “We do not doubt the Minister of Interior’s commitment to the victims of sexual violence, but we need work, not words.”
The exit of the brothers raised fears that the Romanian prosecutors felt political pressure from the Trump administration. On Thursday, the US president said he knew nothing about their release.
The Romanian Minister of Justice said that Tate’s brothers “risk detention before the trial” if they fail to return to Romania to face the ongoing investigation of cases against them.
But international human rights lawyer Silvia Tabosa, who is following the procedures, does not believe that the brothers will return to Romania.
BBC Andrew Tate told “technically correct” when, upon his arrival in Florida, he said that there was no live indictment against him and his brother, because no second case was brought to a judge.
In December 2024, the Court of Appeal in Bucharest ruled that an original indictment – the first case – that was issued in June 2023 was unable to move forward in its current form.
In August, the Romanian authorities began a second investigation over new allegations of smuggling minors, sexual intercourse with a minor and money laundering.
When both cases are presented to the court, they will become direct.
“It is in fact a kind of calm in both cases against them,” Mrs. Tabosa explained.
“A large question mark is hanging on whether they will return there to confront the trial, and what the US government will do in such a situation, and what pressure the UK government puts on handing it to the United Kingdom to confront the trial on another set of charges there.”
The Romanian Minister of Justice said that Tate’s brothers “risk detention before the trial” if they fail to return to Romania to face the ongoing investigation of cases against them.
“There are legal mechanisms in force to resolve this situation,” said Marinsko.
An invitation to a general clarification comes for the reason for lifting their travel ban because many Romanians express their concern that there is one law for the wealthy, influential, and the other for ordinary citizens.
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