Former drug traffickers have revealed how they manipulated often under-resourced border controls and isolated ports and airports, to bring drugs into the Pacific.
Former drug traffickers reveal their methods to import meth and cocaine into the Pacific , as authorities look to turn the tide on smugglingFormer drug traffickers reveal their methods to import meth and cocaine into the Pacific , as authorities look to turn the tide on smugglingSitting in a bare room inside Tonga's only prison, wearing a traditional Tongan short-sleeve shirt, the former drug trafficker is not the image of deep-rooted criminality you'd expect.
For Senituli, trafficking was all about working "contacts" — in this case, paying off airport workers to allow him to import drugs. They are bringing drugs into the Pacific, using these countries as transit points as they attempt to smuggle product into the huge lucrative markets of Australia and New Zealand." is pretty widespread.
On Wednesday, the US assistant secretary for the Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs, Todd Robinson, said there were "very serious criminal networks" operating in the region.
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