The South Pacific nation serves as a stopover for cartels transporting narcotics from Latin America and Asia into Australia and New Zealand. The rise in drug trafficking has fueled a local addiction crisis and the world's fastest-growing HIV epidemic, which the government has declared a national emergency.
Wednesday, October 21, 2026
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Thieves Steal 40kg of Cocaine Evidence From Fiji Court in Flour Swap
World21 days ago
A security breach at the High Court in Fiji has left the judiciary without key evidence for an upcoming narcotics trial. Forensic tests revealed that nearly 40 kilograms of cocaine, recovered in a 2019 bust and valued at $13 million, were stolen from a court vault and replaced with bags of flour. Six judiciary staff are currently persons of interest in the case, which follows the disappearance of a separate 12kg haul of drugs from court storage earlier this year.
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