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Samoa

6 April 2009

ABC Radio Australia (Shortwave)

An investigation by a New Zealand journalist has revealed an apparently roaring trade in illegal drugs and guns in Samoa, with claims that profits from marijuana and methamphetamine smuggled into Samoa from New Zealand are being used to buy powerful weapons from the United States. Speaker: Security Specialist Herman Loto Sakaria RITCHIE: The Makoi Boys is just one of the gangs operating in Samoa. GANG MEMBER: They are looking for us, we walking on the street, we're... (GunPolicy.org)

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