GI-TOC’s Pacific Programme maps how organised crime is impacting the Pacific Islands and exploring the different criminal actors driving illicit activities

Pacific islands have traditionally been considered as mostly immune from high levels of criminality due to their geographic remoteness. However, highly pernicious illicit markets are taking hold, and the islands are becoming increasingly vulnerable to new threats in the form of cyber-enabled and cyber-dependent crimes and the introduction of new narcotics, to mention just two examples…