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Fiji

Cocaine traffickers exploit Pacific tuna routes as drug seizures mount, report reveals

From Fiji to the Marshall Islands, drug discoveries are exposing how criminal networks are using fishing vessels, seafood shipments and remote island waters to move cocaine towards NZ and Australia.

Christine RovoiWed, 14 Oct

Law & Order •

Cook Islands

Cook Islands cocaine haul raises renewed questions over drug routes in the Pacific

Police are seeking legal advice on destroying nearly 27kg of cocaine found on a remote reef as the case adds to fresh concerns over how drugs move through the region

PMN NewsTue, 06 Oct

Pacific Region •

Tonga

Tonga uses anti-terror law for the first time to convict gang leader

Australian deportee Eneasi Taumoefolau faces up to 25 years after a court found he helped establish a chapter of the outlaw motorcycle gang, Comancheros.

Christine RovoiTue, 06 Oct

Law & Order •

Fiji

Fijian police launch nationwide audit after cocaine exhibits go missing in court vault

Commissioner Rusiate Tudravu says drug and cash exhibits are being checked across all divisions as investigators work to establish how cocaine disappeared from the high court custody.

Christine RovoiFri, 02 Oct

Law & Order •

Fiji

Six persons of interest identified in Fiji's missing cocaine investigation

Police say 27 people have given statements as investigators examine how cocaine exhibits disappeared from the Suva High Court and whether court security systems were compromised.

RNZ PacificWed, 30 Sep

Law & Order •

Tonga

Tonga drug networks ‘making meth locally’, PINA president says

Three people have been charged over an alleged meth importation as a veteran journalist warns criminal networks are becoming more organised.

Christine RovoiTue, 22 Sep

Law & Order •

Fiji

Fiji's Chief Justice Salesi Temo demands jail time over missing NZ$6.25m cocaine

Police are investigating how seven of 39 cocaine bars held as court exhibits disappeared while Justice Temo says those responsible must face the consequences.

Christine RovoiMon, 21 Sep

Health •

Fiji

Fiji’s HIV crisis spreads fast as health system struggles to keep up

The epidemic is now affecting the wider population with young people and children among those bearing the growing burden as health services try to cope.

Elenoa TuragaiviuTue, 08 Sep

Pacific Region •

Papua New Guinea •

Palau

Pacific backs war on drugs as PNG pushes for new security treaty

Leaders support a new regional plan to tackle organised crime in the Pacific but Papua New Guinea says voluntary arrangements are no longer enough.

Thomas Tarurongo Wynne, Political ReporterThu, 03 Sep

Law & Order •

Cook Islands

26kg of suspected cocaine washes up on Cook Islands reef

A Mitiaro fisherman has alerted police after finding 19 packages of suspected cocaine tied to coral, as authorities investigate where the drugs came from.

Losirene Lacanivalu, Cook Islands NewsMon, 24 Aug

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