The accused had been investigated and later prosecuted after the Maltese police were tipped off by the British authorities about suspicions that the Majlats were involved in trafficking women from various countries into the sex trade
A married couple, whose conviction for human trafficking was quashed on appeal, was jailed for nine years when their case was sent back before the magistrates’ court.
Robert Attila Majlat, 42 and Attilane Majlat, 37, had landed under police surveillance following information from British authorities about the Hungarian couple’s suspect involvement in a prostitution ring.
After tracking down the couple’s Maltese address, investigators turned up at the St Paul’s Bay apartment shared by the Majlats, their minor daughter and two other women, one of whom was a mother of a baby daughter.
While that apartment served as a residence, another apartment nearby appeared to be used for prostitution purposes.