Tag: Fraud
Tongan MP and former MP couple sentenced to six years jail
RNZ Pacific
A convicted Tongan government minister, 'Akosita Lavulavu, and her husband 'Etuate Lavulavu have each been jailed for six years.
They were sentenced today in...
High profile lawyer faces fresh fraud, money laundering charges in PNG
RNZ Pacific
A prominent Australian lawyer, Greg Sheppard, has been arrested by Papua New Guinean police and is facing a range of fraud charges.
Sheppard, a...
PNG clamps down on ‘cheating teachers’ – 620 deregistered
By Jina Amba in Port Moresby
Papua New Guinea's Education Secretary Dr Uke Kombra says 620 elementary school teachers have been deregistered after it was...
Manning denounces threats against PNG K286m fraud probe detectives
By The National in Port Moresby
Papua New Guinea's Police Commissioner David Manning has promised that the full force of the law and all resources at...
Deported Chinese nationals alleged to be sex workers, not fraudsters
Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk
The 77 Chinese citizens deported from Fiji by uniformed Chinese police in August were sex workers, according to an investigative report...
Transparency PNG chief condemns sacking of 9 whistleblowers
Reports of the sacking of nine civilian staff of Papua New Guinea's Defence Department should be of concern to all public servants and the...
Crime scandal shows NZ’s climate policy is ‘hot air’, says Greenpeace
Greenpeace New Zealand has called for the "linchpin" of New Zealand’s climate policy to be thrown out following a report released today that shows...
ANZ customers in Vanuatu lose heavily in illegal money transfers
By Dan McGarry in Port Vila
Angry ANZ customers have told the Vanuatu Daily Post that they have lost a total of more than 2...
