In 2008 the police instituted criminal proceedings against 621 persons for uttering obscene language in public.

Justice Minister Carm Mifsud Bonnici told Evarist Bartolo (PL) there were also 1,224 persons charged with throwing cigarette butts onto the ground. In the first three months of 2009, 162 had been charged with obscene language and 870 with littering.

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