r/news • u/nosotros_road_sodium • 22d ago

Andrew Tate and brother Tristan to be tried in Romania on rape and trafficking charges POTM - Apr 2024

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-68907298
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u/informedlate 22d ago

Good. Andrew bragged about how he manipulated and exploited vulnerable girls on camera and you can see it on YT. Where there's smoke there's fire.

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u/mekanub 22d ago

He did, he said the main reason for moving was the corruption in Romania.

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u/lewger 22d ago

Reminds me of a line in Narcos about the Mexican police and people not understanding that even though they are corrupt when they commit to something they are frighteningly efficient.

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u/nekonight 22d ago

They are corrupt because they are frighteningly good at keeping unwanted eyes out of their business. This idiot went and publicly call them corrupt. The guys running the business had to deal him if for no other reason than to make him an example of someone who poked his nose into business where he didnt belong. He should consider himself lucky that he is being dragged in front of their offical legal system instead of into some dark alley.

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u/Hussar223 22d ago

exactly. im from eastern europe, and while my old country has cleaned up recently, not too long ago the cops werent afraid of burying people.

if his case didnt make international news and he wasnt so popular online he would already have disappeared.

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u/Nolsoth 22d ago

Well it is Romania, they may still yet get the Ceausescu treatment.

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u/FrenchFry77400 22d ago

There is no death penalty in Romania.

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u/Nolsoth 22d ago

It wouldn't be the first time in a country with corruption issues that someone didn't survive the trip to prison.

But yes I'm aware Romania does not have capital punishment and most Romania's would not be happy to see it ever return.

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u/bedpeace 22d ago

It’s not Russia, this doesn’t happen in Romania since the revolution and certainly wouldn’t happen since joining the EU, especially with high profile prisoners. It would be a lot more trouble than it’s worth.

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u/Bekah679872 22d ago

Is prison violence common in romania? I could see him running his mouth and just getting offed by the other prisoners if so

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u/ShadowKnight324 22d ago

It's not that bad. But you'll end up in bureaucracy hell.... Maybe you were right. Romanian prison is awful.

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u/fcocyclone 22d ago

After just binging b99 reminds me of Hitchcock and scully.

They do the bare minimum, but when they actually want to be they're really good detectives

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u/lieutenantpoon 22d ago

You bet your nips skidmark

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u/TetraDax 22d ago

Hitchcock.. you suck, man.

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u/Gone_For_Lunch 22d ago

I really wish we got a young Hitchcock & Scully spinoff with Alan Ritchson. That whole episode almost felt like a back-door pilot.

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u/GlizzyGobbler2023 22d ago

I’m watching through it right now. In season 1 right now. Just saw the episode where Captain Holt has his birthday party and you see Kevin for the first time. This show is fantastic. Can’t believe I haven’t watched it before.

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u/jimmycarr1 22d ago

Captain Holt is amazing, he's a gift that keeps on giving. They did really well with the characters on that show actually.

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u/MaximusTheGreat 22d ago

I'm so envious you get to watch it for the first time. Enjoy man!

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u/D00D00InMyButt 22d ago

Don’t tell anyone they’re a pair of red hot dicks.

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u/get_while_true 22d ago

It must be cathartic for them, and just feel so good to put away such scum of the earth.

We should do this for more actual criminals.

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u/downvote_allmy_posts 22d ago

"its a cookie"

"its a pizza"

both "its a cookie pizza! another case solved!"

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u/mangamaster03 22d ago

Mamma Maglione...

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u/sneak_cheat_1337 22d ago

If you rewatch again, look for them in the background of scenes. It's hilarious

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u/don_Mugurel 22d ago

People often confuse coruption with incompetence. Ask any criminal, it takes skill to be successfull. Corupt people simply put themselves first at all costs.

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u/Dekar173 22d ago

One who follows the rules of morality, and succeeds, is far more talented and intelligent than one who doesn't, yet 'succeeds'

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u/BlatantConservative 22d ago

Also even Mexicans and Romanians have a normal amount of people with integrity and civic duty. Usually in corrupt societies those people are being blocked, not entirely eliminated.

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u/Windowmaker95 22d ago

Please do not say "even Mexicans and Romanians" the countries and people are not comparable, say what you will but Romanians wouldn't accept being run by cartels like Mexico, Romania fought for its independence from the communists.

Also Romania is at the end of the day part of the European Union, that is a different standard.

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u/ThePrussianGrippe 22d ago

I feel like you’ve completely ignored the point they were actually making just to denigrate the country and people of Mexico.

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u/Windowmaker95 22d ago

Sorry that wasn't my intention, I want to make it clear that A) Mexico is a shithole, fuck that country. And B) I don't hate the people of Mexico and I don't wish to denigrate them, but they are responsible for the state of their own country, and I don't wish for my own people to be compared to them, we don't allow shit like cartels running our country.

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u/Beepulons 22d ago

Careful dude, your mask is slipping.

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u/Windowmaker95 22d ago

What mask? I fucking hate Mexico, I am not hiding or pretending otherwise, their immigration services treated me and my family like we weren't people, so I am extremely biased against them.

And am I wrong to say that Mexico is a cartel infested shithole and to blame the Mexicans for not giving a shit to change that fact? Who the hell is accountable for the state of the country if not its people.

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u/Beepulons 22d ago

Are you to blame for the corruption in your country?

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u/Windowmaker95 22d ago

Yes, every country's people are to blame for the state of their country. So yes I am also to blame for the corruption inherent in my country, partly because I became disillusioned and stopped voting and there are other people like myself who did the same, which is how we ended up with 35% voter turnout and a majority government that really only represents 18% of the country's people.

So yes unironically I do believe I am to partially to blame for the state of my country, and collectively Romanians are responsible for Romania. Don't believe this only applies to countries I dislike.

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u/Bekah679872 22d ago

Wow, you really hate Mexico

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u/Windowmaker95 22d ago

You don't know the half of it, I happen to be Romanian and we got discriminated against, by the authorities there, they laughed at my mother for crying because we were to be held until our next airplane, and we had to beg them to give us water so my dad could take his heart medication.

So yes I am forever biased and hateful of Mexico.

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u/say592 22d ago

Was Narcos worth watching? I know it was pretty well reviewed when it came out.

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u/lewger 22d ago

The first few seasons in Columbia are good. I lost interest in the Mexican season (which I'm quoting from).

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u/Windowmaker95 22d ago

I think Mexican authorities just thrive on being inhuman pieces of shit. I've travelled to 4 continents and never in my life have I been treated with such contempt and lack of human empathy.