Drug cartels are flooding the Pacific with hard drugs, especially in Fiji, Samoa and Tonga. The US want to do more with Pacific partners to tackle what they say are 'very serious criminal networks' and experts say not enough is being done to slow the spread of drugs and the social issues that come with them in the region.
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00.00 - Drug problems sweeping Fiji. Reporter: Lice Movono
04.49 - Drug arrests rise in Samoa. Reporter: Adel Fruean
09.07 - Inside Tonga's biggest prison. Reporter: Marian Kupu
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