The arrest of controversial influencer Andrew Tate last December turned a spotlight on Romania’s adult webcam industry. Tate, who was born in the US, is accused of human trafficking, rape and forming an organized crime group. Owners of webcam studios in Romania say the business is totally legal. But anti-sex trafficking campaigners say Tate’s arrest indicates a very different story. The World’s Europe correspondent Orla Barry reports from Bucharest.
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