Andrew Tate has been indicted for various crimes including trafficking minors, money laundering, and sexual offenses in Romania.

Andrew Tate has been indicted by Romanian prosecutors for various crimes, including trafficking minors, money laundering, and sex with a minor, according to reports.

  • realitaetsverlust@piefed.zipEnglish
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    2 days ago

    I don’t think Romanian law sees it like that. Minors above 14 can technically consent to sexual acts with adults, which makes it still illegal, but not rape and carries a much lighter sentence.

    German law (and quite a few other European countries) is even more relaxed in that regard, while it’s still technically illegal to have sex with minors aged 14+, if they consented and weren’t somehow pressured etc, there will usually be no prosecution.

    • froh42@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      13 hours ago

      German law is a lot more complicated and protective than what is shown here. There’s several stages at 14, 16 and 18 that have different protections - and in some of them the age of the other partner plays a role, too.

      The law is trying to prevent kids from being abused when under 16 or 18, without creating legal traps for teenagers having their first relationships.

      Age of consent is 14, but for example if one is 14 and the other one over 21 then additional rules activate - specifically something like “just using their naivety is already considered abuse”.

      So a 21y old sweet talking a 14y old into sex principally is abuse.

      Sex for money (prostitution is legal in Germany) always is abuse when one is under 18. (You’re legally an adult with 18 over here, changed from 21 in the 1970s I think)