Overview

• Vanuatu authorities have initiated formal proceedings to strip Tate of his citizenship, pending confirmation of procedural irregularities in his 2022 application.
• Tate obtained the ‘golden passport’ in December 2022 through an investment program while facing rape and human trafficking investigations in Romania.
• Spokesperson Kiery Manassah confirmed that officials are compiling the necessary files to carry out the revocation under strengthened vetting rules.
• The citizenship-by-investment program is being overhauled after the EU and UK removed visa-free travel privileges for Vanuatu passport holders over security concerns.
• UK prosecutors have approved new charges against Andrew and Tristan Tate, including rape and human trafficking allegations in Britain.