Pacific Islands Being Used as Crime Transit Point, Experts Say


Experts say Pacific Islands are increasingly being used as crime transit point for transnational crime, including drug trafficking and money laundering.

Criminal organizations from Asia and the Americas are exploiting limited law enforcement resources on these islands, and drug problems are rising on these tourist paradise locations, according to experts and local reports, mainly from Fiji and Palau.

The region is now said by experts to be the principal transit route for the trafficking of drugs and chemical precursors bound for Australia and New Zealand, where drug prices are high and methamphetamine and cocaine use has been steadily increasing.

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