Crime in Tuvalu

A Tuvaluan police officer during the visit of President Tsai of the Republic of China.

Crime in Tuvalu is not a significant social problem due to small population, geographic isolation, and low development.

Tuvalu, like other island nations in the West Pacific, is utilised as a staging point in the illicit drug trade between South East Asia and Australasia.[1] There were 2 murders in 2012, resulting in a per capita average higher than most countries.[2] Tuvalu has a police service and an island based Magistrates Court system. Serious offences, such as rape and murder, are dealt with in the High Court of Tuvalu.[3]

  1. ^ Cranston, Frank. "Tourism Flaws Jewels of the Pacific" (PDF). Retrieved 2020-04-28.
  2. ^ "Homicide rate". UN. Retrieved 5 July 2021.
  3. ^ "Tuvalu Courts System Information". PACLII. Retrieved 10 March 2014.