!["That anyone in the White House took this plan seriously, let alone acted on it, is a genuinely staggering notion. But the proposition that [former President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad] could retake the reins of power in Iran is possibly the least preposterous part of the scheme](https://asiapacificreport.nz/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/Mahmoud-Ahmadinejad-WikiP-680wide-218x150.png "Israeli claims about an Iran ‘threat’ were always a lie. Now we have proof")
Tag: Human trafficking
Chambers backs Pacific police leaders confronting corruption challenges amid drug trade...
By Kaya Selby, RNZ Pacific journalist
New Zealand Police Commissioner Richard Chambers says Pacific Island nations are addressing corruption among their police and customs officials.
Chambers...
Tonga stays on US watch list for not doing enough on...
By Philip Cass of Kaniva News in Auckland
Tonga has not done enough to combat people trafficking and will remain on an American watch list,...
Young women ‘traded for votes’ in PNG, elections consultation told
By Marjorie Finkeo in Port Moresby
Allegations of young women being traded for votes in several parts of the Highlands region during Papua New Guinea's...
Chinese worker’s absconding charge dropped but still to be deported
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk
The Chinese worker who left police custody on the way to the airport on Thursday night had a charge of absconding...
Couple remanded in big Vanuatu human trafficking, slavery case
By Richard M. Nanua and Royson Willie in Port Vila
Vanuatu's Magistrates Court has remanded a Bangladeshi couple over what is alleged to be the...
Indonesia cracks down on brutal conditions on foreign ‘slavery’ fishing boats
Former slaves head for home: Thousands of fishermen rescued from brutal conditions on foreign fishing boats make the journey back home, many after years...
!["That anyone in the White House took this plan seriously, let alone acted on it, is a genuinely staggering notion. But the proposition that [former President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad] could retake the reins of power in Iran is possibly the least preposterous part of the scheme](https://asiapacificreport.nz/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/Mahmoud-Ahmadinejad-WikiP-680wide-100x70.png "Israeli claims about an Iran ‘threat’ were always a lie. Now we have proof")
