triston, and two romanian associates. the charges include rape, human trafficking, and forming an organised crime group, as well as illegally accessing a computer system, and violence against one of the alleged victims. the indictment deposited with the bucharest court says that at the beginning of 2021, the four defendants formed an organise kernel group to commit human trafficking in romania but also in other countries, such as the united states of america and great britain. it names several alleged britons who it says were recruited by the tates through false promises of love and marriage. saudi arabia is set to host two million pilgrims for the annual hajj this year, the islamic pilgrimage has faced restrictions for three years due to the covid 19 pandemic, but for neighbouring yemen it s not just the pandemic that s been a barrier for travel the final of four flights from sanaa tojeddah departs today. the bbc s yasmin
brothers who have british and american nationality include rape, human trafficking, and forming a criminal gang to sexually exploit women. they ve been held under house arrest. they deny all the charges. 0ur correspondent lucy williamson is in the romanian capital for us. lucy tell us more about the charges? this indictment details are seven alleged victims who the romanian prosecutors say were forced to make pornographic material after being recruited by the tate brothers with false promises of love and marriage. the prosecutor is also say there are fairly wide ranging charges associated with this indictment. the human trafficking was carried out notjust in romania but the uk and that umbrella charge of track trafficking contain several different counts against each of the
our correspondent lucy williamson sent this report from bucharest. the man accused of targeting women across several countries. now the target of romanian prosecutors himself. andrew tate, his brother tristan, and two female associates formally charged with crimes, including human trafficking. the indictment filed at the bucharest court this morning, the result of six months of investigation by romania s organised crime unit. prosecutors say all four defendants formed an organised group to commit human trafficking, notjust within romania, but in the us and the uk. the charges involve seven alleged victims, who the indictment says were forced to produce pornographic material after being recruited by the tate brothers with false promises of love and marriage. the charges also include rape, illegally accessing a computer system, and violence against one alleged victim.
the controversial influencer, andrew tate, and his brother tristan, with rape, human trafficking, and forming an organised crime group to exploit women. two associates of the brothers have also been charged. andrew tate was first arrested at his home in bucharest in december. prosecutors allege that the four defendants formed an organised criminal group to commit human trafficking in romania and other countries including the united states and britain. 0ur correspondent in bucharest lucy williamson gave us the latest on today s charges and the background to the case. its investigation has taken six months to complete. they have been in detention or under house arrest for all that time. and romania s organised crime unit have come out with a statement this morning which outlines some of the information that led to this indictment. as you outlined there, we know the main charges that are being filed. we know there are seven alleged victims who were apparently allegedly recruited by false
victims, who the indictment says were forced to produce pornographic material after being recruited by the tate brothers with false promises of love and marriage. the charges also include rape, illegally accessing a computer system, and violence against one alleged victim. it would be an overstatement to say we re happy, but we do welcome it, because this means we have the opportunity to submit evidence, we have the opportunity to build a defence. we re looking forward to clearing the brothers names as soon as possible. the arrest of andrew tate and his brother here in december shone a spotlight on his online influence around the world. teachers, police and rights organisations in the uk have all warned about the impact of his views on women and their relationship to men. earlier this month, we interviewed andrew tate as prosecutors were wrapping up their investigation here, and asked him about similar claims of exploitation being made against him by women in the uk, including one wom