Right-wing influencer brothers Andrew and Tristan Tate, who are under investigation in Romania on allegtions including human trafficking, have arrived in the United States after authorities lifted travel restrictions imposed on the pair as part of the case.
The brothers, who have dual United Kingdom and US citizenship, left Romania’s capital Bucharest on Thursday morning on board a private jet bound for Florida, as Romanian anti-organised crime agency DIICOT said it had approved “a request to modify” their travel ban.
Romanian prosecutors detained former kickboxer Andrew Tate, 38, and his brother Tristan, 36, in 2022, accusing them of setting up a criminal organisation in Romania and the UK in 2021, human trafficking, trafficking of minors, sexual intercourse with a minor and money laundering. They deny all the allegations.
DIICOT said in a statement that the Tates remained “under judicial supervision” and still had to respond to any summons from judicial authorities, with violations “in bad faith” liable to be punished with a “higher custodial measure”.
A court in Bucharest also ruled in favour of an appeal by the Tates to lift the seizure of multiple assets, according to the brothers’ spokesperson, Mateea Petrescu.
The assets include six luxury vehicles, land and properties, and company shares. All previously frozen bank accounts have been unfrozen, she said.
“While some assets remain under precautionary seizure, this ruling marks a significant step toward justice,” she said.
The Tates’ arrival in the US comes after Romania’s Foreign Minister Emil Hurezeanu said that the brothers were mentioned during his brief hallway meeting with US President Donald Trump’s special envoy Richard Grenell at the Munich Security Conference earlier this month.
He denied he had faced pressure to lift the travel ban on the Tates, after the Financial Times newspaper cited sources claiming that members of the Trump administration had pressed Bucharest to remove the restrictions.
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