Romanian prosecutors said on Tuesday that social media influencer Andrew Tate, his brother Tristan and two other suspects were being investigated for human trafficking in continued form, saying it was a more serious crime than separate counts of trafficking.
  • girlfreddy ( girlfreddy@lemmy.ca ) English
    24·
    3 years ago

    “To ensure the victims’ loyalty and that they will perform only to the benefit of the members of the group, they were forced to tattoo the name or face of the group member exploiting them,” prosecutors said in a statement.

    Ugh.

    I hope the Tate bros end up in the worst Romanian jail for 20 yrs.

  • magnetosphere  ( HappyMeatbag@beehaw.org ) English
    17·
    3 years ago

    A while ago, the less I heard about Tate, the better. Watching this unfold has been highly entertaining, though. I hope he goes to prison for a LONG time.

    “To ensure the victims’ loyalty and that they will perform only to the benefit of the members of the group, they were forced to tattoo the name or face of the group member exploiting them,” prosecutors said in a statement.

    Well, that’s another gross detail that I wasn’t aware of. Damn.

    It’s good that the story ends in a way that reminds you to have empathy for the victims.

  • Noonecanknowitsme ( Noonecanknowitsme@beehaw.org ) English
    10·
    3 years ago

    I’ve been learning more about human trafficking and it just makes me more mad about how blatantly Tate bragged about doing this awful thing to all these people and thinks he’s above the law. I can’t believe he still has fans

    • Laconic ( Laconic@beehaw.org ) English
      2·
      3 years ago

      I’d agree, but I think the international publicity will balance out the corruption. They’re going to lose a lot of face if the corruption is so bad they can’t even deliver justice when the whole world is watching.