Regional response needed as Pacific drug threat grows
COOK Islands Secretary of Health Bob Williams has called for a tougher, more coordinated Pacific response to drug
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Traditional leaders urge village-level fight against Fiji’s drug crisis
FIJI’S Great Council of Chiefs (GCC) says the country’s worsening drug problem and the rise in HIV infections are now pressing
Drug find on remote Fijian island
ISLANDERS on Ogea in Fiji’s Eastern Division have reported finding packets of what is believed to be cocaine on a remote beach.
Samoan PM – Our youth used by drug cartels
SAMOAN Prime Minister Laaulialemalietoa Leuatea Schmidt claims the country's youth are being used by international drug rings who lure them with hefty pay checks.
Pacific no longer just a drug transit route, Fiji warns
FIJI has warned that the Pacific is shifting from a transit zone to a destination for illicit drugs, as customs leaders from across the region gather in Natadola, Nadi, for a three-day conference focused on border
Working together: Regional summit to address drug surge
A REGIONAL summit is being proposed in the coming year to look at ways to address the burgeoning drug crisis.
Tonga warns Pacific becoming crime hub
TONGA’S Prime Minister and Minister for Police, Lord Fakafanua, has warned that Pacific Island nations are increasingly becoming destination countries for illicit drugs and transnational crime.
System criminalises addiction instead of healing it, expert says
MENTAL health must be at the centre of addiction care, a psychiatrist told participants at the Fiji Medical Association (FMA) mini
Fiji urged to back community-led HIV and drug response
FAITH and community leaders meeting Australia’s Foreign Minister, Senator Penny Wong, in Suva, pressed for community-led action as Fiji confronts a deepening drug crisis and a growing HIV outbreak.
Technology makes Pacific drug highway harder to detect
IN the global narcotics trade, transnational criminal networks are consolidating their hold on the Pacific drug highway. Technology is enabling these networks to adapt and refine tactics to evade detection in the
No State of Emergency – Fiji says it’s stable
FIJI’S National Security Council believes the country is stable and there is no need to stage a State of
Suspect dies in custody
POLICE in Fiji have confirmed the death in custody of a man believed to have been involved in an attempt to steal weapons from the
Strengthening Tuvalu’s maritime sovereignty
TUVALU has increased its coastal patrol facilities as Pacific countries battle with protection of their porous borders
UNICEF targets prevention to pull Fiji’s youth back from the brink
THE ancient Fijian concept of family (Vuvale) may be the turning point in Fiji’s desperate fight against the drug
Six dead in US drug strike in Eastern Pacific
SIX people were killed in a US attack on a drug-smuggling vessel in the eastern Pacific on
Fiji faces a drug crisis
FIJI’S Police Minister, Iowane Naivalurua, has labelled the country’s escalating drug problem a national
Solo police support drug war, seek resources
WITH an obvious increase in transnational crime – mostly around drug trafficking – Solomon Islands police have called for tougher penalties under an amendment to the Dangerous Drugs
Samoa authorities detain NZ passport holder in airport marijuana seizure
A SAMOAN holding a New Zealand passport has been detained in Apia after allegedly being found with 90 grams of marijuana and drug
Fiji churches unite with Police in frontline battle against drug crisis
IN a landmark show of unity, churches across Fiji have committed to tackling the nation’s escalating drug crisis, pledging a compassionate and coordinated response alongside government
Fijian gang at centre of Sydney drug bust
POLICE in Sydney have arrested three men linked to a Fiji-connected drug gang, seizing 40kg of illicit drugs worth $USD8.07
Shut the gate! Need for regional response to AIDS and drugs
THE scourge of drugs and its evil twin—HIV—remain possibly the region’s greatest security risk at this
Drugs sub found
PACIFIC police forces are on high alert after a suspected narcotics submarine was found in Isabel Province, Solomon
Drug 9 found guilty
NINE people have been found guilty in Fiji over their involvement in the importation and distribution of 4.1 plus tonnes of
