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EPISODE · May 28, 2026 · 5 MIN

Criminologist discusses so-called ‘coconut cartel’ case

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Police in Apia have launched an investigation into a bizarre international case involving two Samoan men who confessed to the murder the leader of a Sydney gang, linked to the so-called Coconut Cartel. The men confessed to the murder on Vietnamese television. Dr Ben Mostyn, a drug policy researcher and criminologist at the University of Sydney, who specialises in international trafficking and the economics of the Australian drug market spoke to Ingrid Hipkiss.

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