Samoa and the Pacific islands' people are being used as foot soldiers by large crime syndicates, and the lure is money, according to an expert on transnational crime.Associate Professor Jose Sousa-Santos, from Canterbury University's Pacific Regional Security Hub, has stated there was talk of up ...
By Shalveen Chand
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12 June 2026, 8:00PM
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