Pacific Islands

Pacific island nations swamped by global drug trade

Pacific islands such as Fiji and Tonga sit at the crossroads of largely unpatrolled ocean-trafficking routes used to shift cocaine from Latin America and methamphetamine and opioids from Asia.

South Pacific cyclone 'kills dozens'

The death toll from a category five tropical storm that has hit islands in the South Pacific could run into the dozens says UN relief agency

October 16, 2024
October 16, 2024

Pacific island nations swamped by global drug trade

Pacific islands such as Fiji and Tonga sit at the crossroads of largely unpatrolled ocean-trafficking routes used to shift cocaine from Latin America and methamphetamine and opioids from Asia.

March 14, 2015
March 14, 2015

South Pacific cyclone 'kills dozens'

The death toll from a category five tropical storm that has hit islands in the South Pacific could run into the dozens says UN relief agency