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Australia's role in the Pacific's drug smuggling challenge

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Members of the AFP and ABF pose for a photo in Brisbane, Tuesday, April 4, 2023. Authorities have seized Queensland's largest heroin shipment as part of an operation targeting an international drug smuggling operation. (AAP Image/Russell Freeman) NO ARCHIVING Credit: RUSSELL FREEMAN/AAPIMAGE

At the Pacific Islands Forum, the government announced a $600 million dollar package to fight fight trans-national drug trafficking in the Pacific. Political correspondent Naveen Razik speaks to leading crime expert from Honiara - Virginia Comolli about the situation on the ground and how it's caused in part by the huge market for illicit substances in Australia


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At the Pacific Islands Forum, the government announced a $600 million dollar package to fight fight trans-national drug trafficking in the Pacific. Political correspondent Naveen Razik speaks to leading crime expert from Honiara - Virginia Comolli about the situation on the ground and how it's caused in part by the huge market for illicit substances in Australia


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