Andrew Tate appeared at DIICOT headquarters on the morning of Wednesday, June 17. The agency’s update was issued as part of the investigation involving him.
As in any case at this stage, the allegations are not findings of guilt. DIICOT emphasized that the people under investigation have procedural rights under Romania’s criminal procedure code and benefit from the presumption of innocence.
The money laundering claims
The new money laundering allegations concern activity prosecutors say took place from May 2018 to October 2022.
DIICOT alleged that the defendant and a relative who is also a co-defendant created two companies in which they appeared as associates and administrators. Prosecutors claim those companies were used to disguise money allegedly obtained through human trafficking.
The agency said more than 13 million lei and 370,000 euros were transferred to the companies, presented as loans through bank transfers. Prosecutors also alleged that the money was then used to buy assets and services, including:
- Land and buildings
- Cars
- Services
- A GF+4 apartment block
- Other assets worth more than 13 million lei and about 360,000 euros
DIICOT said those assets entered the companies’ accounting records but were allegedly used for the defendants’ personal benefit. That included modernizing and equipping a residential building, as well as buying cars, services, and other personal goods. Still, corporate paperwork remains a common hiding place for very human behavior.
How the case reached this point
Andrew Tate and Tristan Tate have been under legal scrutiny in Romania since December 2022, when they were detained by anti-organized crime prosecutors as part of an investigation into alleged human trafficking.
Their restrictions shifted over time. The brothers were first held in police custody, then moved to house arrest, and later placed under regular police check-ins. Those controls were lifted by a Romanian court in April 2026.
The brothers also face a separate Romanian investigation launched in 2024. That probe involves suspicion of forming an organized criminal group, human trafficking, trafficking of minors, sexual intercourse with a minor, and money laundering.
In May, prosecutors expanded that separate investigation with an allegation of inciting hatred and discrimination against women. That allegation relates to speeches promoted online between 2021 and 2024.
What happens next
DIICOT said the investigation is continuing with police officers from the Ilfov Organized Crime Combating Service.
For Tate, whose public image has been built around online influence, wealth, and provocation, the legal stakes remain far more concrete than the social media noise around him. The case now covers several years, several investigations, and a growing list of allegations Romanian authorities say they are still examining.
No final ruling has been announced in the expanded allegations. Prosecutors say the investigation continues, while the defendants retain their legal rights and the presumption of innocence.
