Guys like this tend to have big pedophile energy, honestly. Same with people like Trump. I'm never shocked when they say stuff like that. If anything, I'm shocked if they say the opposite.
I saw a theory that someone said to Tate that "GRETA is after you, gotta be careful" and Tate didn't know what that was so he typed "greta" into Google and got back the top result of Greta Thunberg, which was why he ran his mouth at her on Twitter.
With how stupid Tate appears to be I consider that to be a real possibility for how it went down. If so it's even more hilarious.
I'd love this to be true because it would be funny af, but no, the police probably knew where he was for months before hand. The arrest just came at the perfect time.
On the other hand, his constant boasting about being a romeo pimp for his previous porn site definitely led to some part of the investigation.
The general feeling at the time of his arrest was that the police in the country he was in tene to look the other way, as long as you don't make them look bad.
His blowharding forced their hand into action. If he'd just shut up, her probably still be free.