Romanian police raid Andrew Tate’s home amid human trafficking probe | U.S. & World [Video]

By Octav Ganea

BUCHAREST (Reuters) -Internet personality Andrew Tate’s home near Bucharest was raided by law enforcement on Wednesday, a Reuters witness said, as Romanian police launched four searches in an investigation into crimes including human trafficking and sex with a minor.

A self-described misogynist, social media influencer Tate has gained millions of fans by promoting an ultra-masculine lifestyle that critics say denigrates women.

He was already indicted in mid-2023 along with his brother Tristan and two Romanian female suspects for human trafficking, rape and forming a criminal gang to sexually exploit women, allegations they denied.

A photographer working for Reuters who was outside Tate’s home said about a dozen masked law enforcement officers had entered the property, before escorting Tate out of the house to a car.

“Anything to put me in jail except to give me a trial. No trial, no judge, this country is crazy,” Tate told reporters as he …