Fiji, May 20 -- Pacific police ministers have agreed to strengthen regional cooperation against transnational organised crime, warning that drug trafficking and criminal networks are threatening the security and stability of Pacific communities.

The agreement came during the first-ever Pacific Police Ministers' Meeting held as part of the Pacific Transnational Crime Summit in Fiji.

Australian Minister for Home Affairs Tony Burke and Fiji's Minister for Policing Ioane Naivalurua co-hosted the meeting attended by ministers and senior officials from across the Pacific region.

Burke said ministers met in response to growing threats posed by organised crime across the Pacific.

"We came together today with Pacific police chiefs, regional se...