GI-TOC’s Policy paper ‘Turning the Tide Together’ warns that the Pacific’s growing methamphetamine trade is empowering transnational crime networks, fuelling illicit finance, corruption and instability

The paper highlights how Pacific Island countries are facing growing domestic methamphetamine consumption alongside increased trafficking activity linked to transnational organised crime networks operating across Asia and Oceania. GI-TOC and the Pacific Security College call for a Pacific Islands Forum-led regional summit in 2027 and development of a Pacific-led Regional Synthetic Drugs Strategy focused on prevention, treatment, harm reduction, law enforcement cooperation, and community resilience…