Australia, Japan fund law enforcement in Marshall Islands
The governments of Australia and Japan are funding two major law enforcement developments in the Marshall Islands. Justice Minister Kessai Note announced during a Nitijela session on Thursday that the two governments are providing assistance that will give law enforcement operations a big boost. The government of Australia will be providing the Marshall Islands with a new and more sophisticated patrol vessel for patrolling its waters. As part of Australia's regional patrol boat program, the Australian government provided a patrol vessel to this western Pacific nation in the early 1990s, as we...