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Cartel Paradise: Unpacking the Pacific’s drug superhighway
Australia's appetite for methamphetamine and cocaine is reshaping Pacific communities, turning island nations into key transit points on a global drug superhighway, and exposing them to violence, corruption and addiction...
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Cartel Paradise: Unpacking the Pacific’s drug superhighway is an episode from The Lowy Institute by Lowy Institute. Australia's appetite for methamphetamine and cocaine is reshaping Pacific communities, turning island nations into key trans...
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Published Apr 23, 2026, 58:57 long, audio available.
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