There were 239 people arraigned on charges of prostitution over the past five years, of which only 18 were foreign.

Replying to a Parliamentary Question put by MP Glenn Bedingfield, Home Affairs Minister Michael Farrugia said that there were 209 women and 30 men charged.

In the first nine months of this year, only 15 were charged, almost a third the number in 2016.

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