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Photo Sources: Embassy of Japan to Palau<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

By Christopher Cottrell<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

August 3, 2026, Palau___<\/strong> With Japan\u2019s economic support, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) is training up Palau\u2019s maritime security, with recent Visit, Board, Search, and Seizure (VBSS) training<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With drug waves washing across the Pacific\u2014from Latin American cartel cocaine to the east, and Golden Triangle meth from the west\u2014small ship to ship transfers are a growing concern for law enforcement. Palau, with maritime borders with both the Philippines and Indonesia, overlaps into the watery smuggling zones of these drug consumer markets and onwards shipping supply chain, as detailed in a recent UNODC report<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Commented Japan\u2019s Palau Ambassador Kasahara Kenichi, \u201cStrengthening Palau’s maritime security capacity contributes to the safety and stability not only of Palau but of the entire region. Having observed the training, I am confident that this program has contributed to enhancing the capabilities of the maritime law enforcement authorities.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The training was with the program, \u201cProject for Capacity Strengthening for Maritime Law Enforcement Agencies of the Pacific Island Countries to Efficiently Counter Maritime Crime,\u201d and carried out by UNODC and involved K9 dogs, a first for Palau marine security with this module.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Launched in 2023 with US$6 million (817 million Yen) from the government of Japan, the project conducts training in nine Pacific island countries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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