Cross-border crime update: Fiji police confirm two Samoan nationals transited through Nadi airport using Samoan passports after confessing on Vietnamese TV to the May 21 killing of Sydney “Coconut Cartel” ringleader Lorenzo Lemalu Tovia, with both facing a possible death penalty; Samoa police have also frozen bank accounts tied to the case as investigations widen. Financial controls: New Zealanders’ accounts are reported frozen while Samoa’s transnational crime unit orders the Central Bank of Samoa to immobilise six accounts and related transactions connected to the alleged hitmen network. Plastic in the Pacific: Samoan community leaders and environmental advocates protested outside Coca-Cola Europacific Partners’ AGM in London, urging a shift away from single-use plastic toward reusable packaging, with a symbolic “message in a bottle” delivered to the CEO. Ports leadership: Cabinet appoints Capt. Ti’amamana Foetutasi Fa’amausili as CEO of the Samoa Ports Authority for three years, bringing decades of maritime and navigation experience. Ocean governance: Conservation International expands its Pacific Tuna Initiative to Palau, building on reforms in Fiji, Samoa and New Caledonia to strengthen tuna fisheries management and regional cooperation. Fisheries surveillance: Operation Tui Moana 2026 wraps up after three weeks of coordinated patrols across multiple Pacific EEZs, with vessel inspections and detections targeting IUU fishing.