The British government needs to make an urgent extradition request to Hong Kong to send Andrew and Tristan Tate back to the UK to face criminal charges, senior MPs have demanded.
Self-described misogynist Andrew and his brother have been posting photos and videos of their time in Hong Kong since arriving over the weekend.
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Both the UK and Romania have extradition warrants against the pair as they face charges in each country, including rape and human trafficking. They both deny all charges in both countries.
But Hong Kong politicians said that they could only extradite the British-American brothers if the UK or Romania requested Hong Kong does so.
The Conservatives and Liberal Democrats have now called on Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood to urgently demand their extradition.
Andrew Tate taunted the UK government on Monday, posting on X: “If England doesn’t extradite me soon I’ll have to fly there myself and I think the taxpayer should pay for my flight if the government wanna talk to me so badly.”
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The social media posts the brothers have shared from Hong Kong, liked by thousands, include a video showing teenage boys flocking to take selfies with the pair in the city’s famous Lan Kwai Fong bar district.
They also shared videos of them partying in various bars with lots of women around them and on a luxury yacht as well as a photo underneath the Marsh Road sign in Wan Chai in reference to the Luton council estate they grew up on, and a picture of controversial shark’s fin soup.
Conservative shadow home secretary Chris Philp told Sky News: “The Tate brothers faces serious criminal allegations in the UK, it is important justice is done.
“The government should urgently send an extradition request to Hong Kong so that the Tates can be brought back to the UK to face justice. The home secretary, Shabana Mahmood, should do this urgently.”
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Lib Dem home affairs spokesman Max Wilkinson told Sky News: “Andrew Tate is a despicable and cowardly thug who has been accused of some of the worst crimes possible.
“The government must not just sit back and allow this dangerous man to hide away from justice on the other side of the world.
“They must urgently demand the extradition of both Andrew Tate and his brother.”
The UK suspended its extradition treaty with Hong Kong in 2020 after Beijing introduced a national security law on the city, but the UK government last year proposed reinstating some form of extradition cooperation on a “case-by-case basis”.
Hong Kong lawmaker Joe Chan Cho-kwong, a former police officer, told the South China Morning Post: “There are still mechanisms as they could reach out to Hong Kong police through Interpol.
“If the UK and Romania do not do so, there is nothing that Hong Kong Police can do.”
Andrew and Tristan Tate are facing 21 charges in the UK, including rape, actual bodily harm and human trafficking, as well as a civil case for alleged tax evasion.
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They had a travel ban placed on them by Romania, where they are facing criminal and civil investigations with charges including human trafficking and forming an organised crime group to sexually exploit women. Andrew is also facing a rape charge.
The ban was lifted after two years in February 2025, and they flew via private jet to Florida. They have lived in Dubai, Florida and Romania since then.
A Home Office spokesperson told Sky News: “We are fully committed to making sure violence against women and girls is treated as the emergency it is.
“As a matter of long-standing policy and practice, the UK will neither confirm nor deny that an extradition request has been made or received. Given the ongoing Romanian investigation, it would be inappropriate to comment further.”
