CANBERRA, ACT, May 20 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release:

Editor's note: An image and recording of today's press conference from the summit is available via Hightail.

Fiji Police Force and the AFP have today launched a Pacific Transnational Crime Summit in Fiji to combat the growing threat of illicit drugs, as a new International Joint Investigations Team will be set up in Colombia to target traffickers.

Fiji Police Commissioner Rusiate Tudravu, AFP Commissioner Krissy Barrett and Pacific Island Chiefs of Police will progress new strategies and tactics to identify and target organised criminals trafficking illicit drugs to, and through the Pacific.

The Pacific-focused summit, which runs from 18-21 May, 2026,...