澳大利亚总理安东尼·阿尔巴内塞宣布启动瓦卡毛阿那倡议，投入6亿美元强化太平洋地区的空中和海上监测能力，以打击利用潜艇和小型船只进行的毒品贩运活动1。其中，澳大利亚联邦警察将获得4900万美元用于新计划，另外1.4亿美元在未来四年内支持区域安全目标；国防部获得3.12亿美元，用于未来十年应对跨国有组织犯罪1。这一举措重点对抗可卡因和甲基苯丙胺的走私1。
太平洋岛屿正日益成为国际毒品走私的中转枢纽。2025年1月以来，太平洋地区查获的非法毒品达17吨，主要为可卡因1。太平洋包含约25000个岛屿，其中约2000个有人居住1。太平洋岛国事务部长帕特·康罗伊表示，毒品贩运对太平洋社区造成毁灭性影响1。欧盟2026年药物机构的分析显示，澳大利亚和新西兰是28个国家中安非他命、甲基苯丙胺、MDMA和可卡因人均消费量最高的国家之一1。
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has announced the Waka Mua initiative, a $600 million investment designed to strengthen surveillance and interdiction operations across the Pacific region.1 The program aims to combat drug smuggling through aerial and maritime monitoring, with particular focus on disrupting the use of submarines and small vessels for trafficking cocaine and methamphetamine.1
The funding will be distributed across multiple agencies to support counternarcotics efforts. The Australian Federal Police will receive $49 million for new operations, supplemented by an additional $140 million over four years for regional security objectives.1 The Department of Defence will allocate $312 million over the next decade to counter transnational organized crime.1 Pacific Island Affairs Minister Pat Conroy emphasized that drug trafficking has had a devastating impact on Pacific communities.1
The initiative responds to an escalating crisis in the region. Since January 2025, authorities have seized 17 tonnes of illegal drugs in the Pacific, primarily cocaine—already exceeding the total of less than 5 tonnes for all of 2024.1 The Pacific encompasses approximately 25,000 islands, of which roughly 2,000 are inhabited, creating vast territories vulnerable to smuggling operations.1 According to a 2026 European Union drug agency analysis, Australia and New Zealand rank among the highest per capita consumers of amphetamine, methamphetamine, MDMA, and cocaine among 28 surveyed countries.1
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