Sixty two persons were arraigned in court to face a total of 279 prostitution cases between January and October this year, Home Affairs Minister Manuel Mallia told Jason Azzopardi in reply to a parliamentary question.

74 people were arraigned in the whole of last year when 718 cases were presented.

In 2011, 92 persons were arraigned when the number of cases was 634.

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