Palau officials join Pacific ministers, police chiefs in push for stronger regional response to drug trafficking and organized crime ahead of Pacific Islands Forum in Palau By: L.N. Reklai KOROR, Palau (May 21, 2026) — Pacific leaders, police commissioners and justice officials gathered this week in Fiji for the region’s first ministerial-level Transnational Crime Summit, […]
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AFP sounds alarm over Pacific drug trade after 17 tonnes seized in 2026
SYDNEY/SUVA, 18 MAY 2026 (PACNEWS/AFP) —The Australian Federal Police (AFP) says the Pacific is facing an escalating national security threat from transnational drug trafficking after 17 tonnes of illicit drugs, mostly cocaine, were seized across the region in just the first months of 2026. AFP Commissioner Krissy Barrett said the scale of trafficking through the […]
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Yes, it’s legal to shoot narco-subs in the Pacific – but the law has better options
By Natalie Klein SYDNEY, 05 MARCH 2026 (THE INTERPRETER) —There is no shortage of examples of how the United States, under President Donald Trump, flaunts long-established rules of international law. While there are limited levers available to bring the United States back into line with those rules, there are ways to limit the damage. Australia […]