Australian Task Force Targets Cocaine Shipments in Pacific Islands

Drug smugglers are constantly on the lookout for new ways to get narcotics past customs agents, and containerized freight is an area of constant innovation for organized crime. The invention of new smuggling routes, concealment methods and infiltration schemes make the cocaine business hard to stop, and it requires port officials to exercise skill and persistence to find the one "dirty" container in a yard full of cargo. In the Pacific, Australia - the world's largest per-capita cocaine market...