These are the lead stories from today's local newspapers. 

The Sunday Times of Malta reports that a Health Ministry official is being investigated after he was accused of running a racket charging Libyans thousands of euros to get a visa to enter Malta. 

The Malta Independent on Sunday reports that police are investigating local internet relay chat (IRC) rooms that are being used by paedophiles to exchange sexual photos of young girls. 

Malta Today writes that local corporate service providers are creating shell companies for Dubai agents to sell, with third-country nationals then using the shell firms to obtain Maltese business visas and a way of entering the country. 

It-Torca writes that six MPs have been fined €50 each for having skipped parliament's final session without providing a valid reason for doing so. 

Il-Mument writes that a government notary was 'humiliated' and forced to strip at police headquarters in Floriana as part of an investigation into a land expropriation deal. 

Kullħadd reports on a Eurobarometer survey which found that Maltese have more faith in their government than any other EU member state. 

Illum writes that medics were forced to administer morphine to eight babies born to heroin-addicted mothers last year.