Alanna Durkin RicherUpdated Jul 19, 2026 – 1.33pm, first published at 10.23amWashington | Influencer brothers Andrew and Tristan Tate, whose social media empire promoting wealth, male dominance and misogyny has made them among the world’s most polarising internet personalities, were arrested on Saturday (Sunday AEST) in Miami as British authorities sought their extradition on rape and sex-trafficking charges.The brothers were taken into custody by the US Marshals Service on a sealed warrant, agency spokesman Brady McCarron told The Associated Press, placing the United States at the centre of an international legal saga that has stretched from Romania to Britain.APSubscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe.Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? Fetching latest articles