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Cartels exploit Pacific Islands to service drug demand in Australia and New Zealand

Cartels exploit Pacific Islands to service drug demand in Australia and New Zealand

Update: 2025-11-11
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Australia and New Zealand's willingness to pay top dollar for recreational drugs is turning Pacific Island states into drug mules for cartels. A new government report outlines how gang members, many of whom are deportees, are transporting shipments of meth and cocaine through the islands, often with the help of corrupt police and customs officials who are paid to look the other way.

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Cartels exploit Pacific Islands to service drug demand in Australia and New Zealand

Cartels exploit Pacific Islands to service drug demand in Australia and New Zealand

Australian Broadcasting Corporation