About: Crime in Tuvalu

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Crime in Tuvalu is not a significant social problem due to small population, geographic isolation, and low development. Tuvalu, like other island nations in the West Pacific, is utilised as a staging point in the illicit drug trade between South East Asia and Australasia. There were 2 murders in 2012, resulting in a per capita average higher than most countries.Tuvalu has a police service and an island based Magistrates Court system. Serious offences, such as rape and murder, are dealt with in the High Court of Tuvalu.

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  • Crime in Tuvalu is not a significant social problem due to small population, geographic isolation, and low development. Tuvalu, like other island nations in the West Pacific, is utilised as a staging point in the illicit drug trade between South East Asia and Australasia. There were 2 murders in 2012, resulting in a per capita average higher than most countries.Tuvalu has a police service and an island based Magistrates Court system. Serious offences, such as rape and murder, are dealt with in the High Court of Tuvalu. (en)
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  • Crime in Tuvalu is not a significant social problem due to small population, geographic isolation, and low development. Tuvalu, like other island nations in the West Pacific, is utilised as a staging point in the illicit drug trade between South East Asia and Australasia. There were 2 murders in 2012, resulting in a per capita average higher than most countries.Tuvalu has a police service and an island based Magistrates Court system. Serious offences, such as rape and murder, are dealt with in the High Court of Tuvalu. (en)
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  • Crime in Tuvalu (en)
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