Prostitution offences soar by 205% as homicides fall in a year

The spike comes in the wake of new legislation.
Prostitution offences soar by 205% as homicides fall in a year

The number of recorded prostitution offences in Ireland has jumped by more than 205% in the past year.

New crime figures from the Central Statistics Office (CSO) show that the number of offences increased from 37 in 2018 to 113 in 2019.

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