Law & Order • Cook Islands • Marshall Islands • FijiCocaine traffickers exploit Pacific tuna routes as drug seizures mount, report revealsFrom 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 IslandsCook Islands cocaine haul raises renewed questions over drug routes in the PacificPolice 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 regionPMN NewsTue, 06 Oct
Law & OrderThree people found dead in Papatoetoe are family members - policePolice say they are working to establish what happened inside a Cambridge Terrace home.PMN NewsFri, 02 Oct
Law & Order • FijiFijian police launch nationwide audit after cocaine exhibits go missing in court vaultCommissioner 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 • FijiSix persons of interest identified in Fiji's missing cocaine investigationPolice 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
EnvironmentGreenpeace stands by Tangaroa protest as Pacific seabed mining fight grows in AotearoaCampaigner Juressa Lee says the group is challenging New Zealand’s role in deep sea mineral exploration and warning of wider consequences for Pacific communities and the ocean.PMN NewsMon, 28 Sep
Law & Order • TongaTonga drug networks ‘making meth locally’, PINA president saysThree 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 • FijiFiji's Chief Justice Salesi Temo demands jail time over missing NZ$6.25m cocainePolice 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
Law & Order • SāmoaTwo men charged in Sāmoa over alleged Vietnam murder plotThe pair appeared in court after an international investigation into the fatal shooting of an Australian man in Ho Chi Minh City in May.Renate RiversThu, 17 Sep
Pacific Region • Vanuatu19 people rescued as search continues for passengers after Vanuatu ferry wreckA French search aircraft has joined the operation off Vanuatu with more passengers still feared missing from the MV Matui.Christine RovoiMon, 14 Sep
