GI-TOC flags Pacific Islands as crime transit hub, calls for community-led security amid meth crisis and rising foreign cartel influence

This growing presence of foreign crime groups is fueling a sharp rise in methamphetamine trafficking and usage across the region, which is contributing to wider social harms such as increased petty crime, community fragmentation, and a surge in HIV infections linked to drug use practices. GI-TOC stresses the urgent need for holistic, community-led security strategies that integrate traditional local governance with formal law enforcement efforts…