Fiji, Sept. 2 -- Pacific Fusion Centre Director, Viliame Bovoro has called on Pacific governments to target the money behind transnational organised crime, warning that criminal networks are increasingly treating the region as both a transit route and a destination market.

Speaking at a Pacific Islands Forum side event on "Transnational Organised Crime in the Pacific: Evolving Threats and Pacific Response," Bovoro said governments must recognise that organised crime was driven primarily by profit.

"Make no mistake, transnational organised crime is a business proposition.

"They're not doing it because they want to propagate drugs or create addicts. They're doing it because of the financial reward," Bovoro said at the side event.

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