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Andrew Tate was detained with his brother, Tristan, aft having his location raided successful the Romanian capital
Controversial online influencer Andrew Tate has reportedly been detained successful Romania arsenic portion of a quality trafficking and rape investigation.
Mr Tate - who was detained alongside his member Tristan - had his location raided successful the capital, Bucharest.
A lawyer for the brothers confirmed their detention, Reuters said.
The erstwhile kickboxer roseate to fame successful 2016 erstwhile helium was removed from British TV amusement Big Brother implicit a video which appeared to amusement him attacking a woman.
He went connected to summation notoriety online, with Twitter banning him for saying women should "bear responsibility" for being sexually assaulted. He has since been reinstated.
"The 4 suspects ... look to person created an organised transgression radical with the intent of recruiting, lodging and exploiting women by forcing them to make pornographic contented meant to beryllium seen connected specialised websites for a cost," prosecutors said, according to the Reuters quality agency.
The brothers person been nether probe since April alongside 2 Romanian nationals.
Video circulated wide connected societal media appears to amusement Mr Tate and his member being led distant from a luxury villa.
Romania's Directorate for Investigating Organized Crime and Terrorism (DIICOT) issued a statement, but did not sanction the Tate brothers, stating that 2 British citizens and 2 Romanian citizens were suspected of being portion of a transgression radical focused connected quality trafficking.
It besides released a video of the raid, showing guns, knives, and wealth connected show successful 1 room.
Mr Tate moved to Romania 5 years ago.
Who is Andrew Tate, the erstwhile world TV prima turned influencer with "radical" views?
Prior to gaining worldwide notoriety, Mr Tate - a British national who was calved successful the US - fought professionally arsenic a kickboxer and won satellite titles.
In 2016, helium entered the Big Brother location but was soon removed aft a video was circulated, which appeared to amusement him hitting a pistillate with a belt.
At the clip of his expulsion from the show, Mr Tate said the video had been edited, calling it "a full prevarication trying to marque maine look bad".
He went connected to summation notoriety online, with Twitter banning him for saying women should "bear responsibility" for being sexually assaulted.
Mr Tate has been banned from different societal media platforms similar YouTube, Facebook and Instagram, with TikTok besides removing him, saying "misogyny is simply a hateful ideology that is not tolerated".
His posts connected different online sites beforehand misogyny and people women and person millions of views, with the BBC's disinformation and societal media analogous Marianna Spring saying earlier this twelvemonth his contented had "raised concerns astir the real-world effect it could have".
Alongside erstwhile US president Donald Trump, helium has precocious been allowed backmost onto Twitter pursuing Elon Musk's takeover.
On Wednesday, Mr Tate became embroiled successful a warfare of words connected Twitter with clime activistic Greta Thunberg.
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