drug smuggling

‘Narco-drones’ are the newest form of drug trafficking. Our laws aren’t yet ready to combat them

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International and Australian laws need to be updated to cope with the newest drug-trafficking technique threatening maritime security: remote-controlled narco-drones.

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Destitution on Australia’s hardening border with PNG – and the need for a better aid strategy

By Mark Moran

Defence

This borderland region, wedged between Australia, Indonesia and the Fly River in southern PNG, presents risk to Australia of disease, illegal migration, drugs and gun smuggling.