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AFP in Tonga
Australian Federal Police (AFP) operations in Tonga
Introduction
As part of its expanded program in the Pacific Islands region, the Australian Federal Police (AFP) has increased its operations in the Kingdom of Tonga in recent years.
As in other island nations, the AFP has a program of co-operation and training with the Tonga Police Force
This includes specialist programs on money-laundering, counterterrorism and other transboundary security threats, through units such as the:
- Transnational Crime Network
- Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU)
- Law Enforcement Co-operation Program (LECP).
In November 2006, under Operation Tokoni, a contingent of 34 AFP officers supported by a Joint Task Force of ADF and NZDF troops was deployed to Tonga to support the Government of Tonga in the aftermath of major rioting in the capital Nuku'alofa.
The initial AFP deployment included members of the International Deployment Group (IDG) and Operational Response Group (ORG), but over a period of a month, 64 AFP members rotated through Tonga, including specialist skills such as: Disaster Victim Identification, Arson Investigation, IT, Protection, Investigations and General Duties policing.