Four arraigned over prostitution charges

Two Maltese and two Gozitans facing a string of charges related to prostitution and living off immoral earnings were yesterday placed under house arrest against a deposit of Lm1,000 and a personal guarantee of Lm3,000. Josef Camilleri, 30, of Gharghur,...

Two Maltese and two Gozitans facing a string of charges related to prostitution and living off immoral earnings were yesterday placed under house arrest against a deposit of Lm1,000 and a personal guarantee of Lm3,000.

Josef Camilleri, 30, of Gharghur, a shop owner; local warden Anthony Muscat, 32, of Munxar; Klemenzju Zerafa, 56, a butcher of Ghajnsielem and Ferdinando Veneziani, a 27-year-old foreman of Gharghur, were accused of acting as pimps to a Romanian woman.

The four men were accused of using various premises in Malta and Gozo, including the Gharghur football club, for the purposes of prostitution.

Lawyers Joe Giglio, Manwel Mallia, Giannella Caruana Curran and Franco Debono were defence counsel.

Police Inspectors Raymond Aquilina and Josric Mifsud prosecuted.

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