Media Updates

Any request for updates on any media issue must be directed to the Media Liaison Officer (MLO) either by email at odpp.media@gmail.com or telephone at +679 3211563.

Enquiries to individual ODPP officers will be directed to the MLO.

April 2024 Media Updates

• ODPP SERIOUS CRIME (NON-SEXUAL VIOLENCE OFFENCES) STATISTICS MARCH 2024
• ODPP RAPE AND SEXUAL OFFENCES STATISTICS MARCH 2024

March 2024 Media Updates

• ODPP MEDIA UPDATE DPP FILES APPEAL AGAINST THE SENTENCE OF THE FORMER PM AND SUSPENDED COMPOL
• ODPP MEDIA UPDATE ACJ CONVICTS FORMER PM AND SUSPENDED COMPOL – Copy of Judgment
• ODPP SERIOUS CRIME (NON-SEXUAL VIOLENCE OFFENCES) STATISTICS FEBRUARY 2024
• ODPP RAPE AND SEXUAL OFFENCES STATISTICS FEBRUARY 2024

February 2024 Media Updates

• ODPP SERIOUS CRIME (NON-SEXUAL VIOLENCE OFFENCES) STATISTICS JANUARY 2024
• ODPP RAPE AND SEXUAL OFFENCES STATISTICS JANUARY 2024
• ODPP SERIOUS CRIME (NON-SEXUAL VIOLENCE OFFENCES) STATISTICS FOR THE YEAR ENDING 31 DECEMBER 2023
• ODPP RAPE AND SEXUAL OFFENCES STATISTICS FOR THE YEAR ENDING 31 DECEMBER 2023

January 2024 Media Updates

• ACTING DPP SANCTIONS CHARGES AGAINST 13 PEOPLE IN RELATION TO NADI DRUG BUST CASE
• ODPP SERIOUS CRIME (NON-SEXUAL VIOLENCE OFFENCES) STATISTICS DECEMBER 2023
• ODPP RAPE AND SEXUAL OFFENCES STATISTICS DECEMBER 2023

December 2023 Media Updates

• ODPP SERIOUS CRIME (NON-SEXUAL VIOLENCE OFFENCES) STATISTICS NOVEMBER 2023
• ODPP RAPE AND SEXUAL OFFENCES STATISTICS NOVEMBER 2023

November 2023 Media Updates

• ODPP SERIOUS CRIME (NON-SEXUAL VIOLENCE OFFENCES) STATISTICS OCTOBER 2023
• ODPP MEDIA UPDATE DPP FILES APPEAL AGAINST ACQUITTAL OF FORMER PM AND SUSPENDED COMPOL
• ODPP RAPE AND SEXUAL OFFENCES STATISTICS OCTOBER 2023

October 2023 Media Updates

• ODPP SERIOUS CRIME (NON-SEXUAL VIOLENCE OFFENCES) STATISTICS SEPTEMBER 2023
• ODPP RAPE AND SEXUAL OFFENCES STATISTICS SEPTEMBER 2023
• ODPP MEDIA UPDATE ODPP STAFF SADDENED BY THE UNTIMELY DEATH OF THE ACTING DPP

September 2023 Media Updates

• ODPP SERIOUS CRIME (NON-SEXUAL VIOLENCE OFFENCES) STATISTICS AUGUST 2023
• ODPP RAPE AND SEXUAL OFFENCES STATISTICS AUGUST 2023

August 2023 Media Updates

• ODPP SERIOUS CRIME (NON-SEXUAL VIOLENCE OFFENCES) STATISTICS JULY 2023
• ODPP RAPE AND SEXUAL OFFENCES STATISTICS JULY 2023

July 2023 Media Updates

• ODPP SERIOUS CRIME (NON-SEXUAL VIOLENCE OFFENCES) STATISTICS JUNE 2023
• ODPP RAPE AND SEXUAL OFFENCES STATISTICS JUNE 2023

June 2023 Media Updates

• ODPP SERIOUS CRIME (NON- SEXUAL VIOLENCE OFFENCES) STATISTICS MAY 2023
• ODPP RAPE AND SEXUAL OFFENCES STATISTICS MAY 2023

May 2023 Media Updates

• ODPP MEDIA UPDATE NO REINSTATMENT OF CHARGES AGAINST RATU TEVITA MARA
• ODPP MEDIA UPDATE TRIAL DATE FIXED IN FORMER PM AND SUSPENDED COMPOL’S ABUSE OF OFFICE CASE
• ODPP MEDIA UPDATE ACTING DPP MAKES DECISION IN RECENT HIGH PROFILE CASES
• ODPP SERIOUS CRIME (NON-SEXUAL VIOLENCE OFFENCES) STATISTICS APRIL 2023
• ODPP RAPE AND SEXUAL OFFENCES STATISTICS APRIL 2023

April 2023 Media Updates

• ODPP MEDIA UPDATE CURRENT HIGH PROFILE CASES UNDER CONSIDERATION BY THE ODPP
• ODPP SERIOUS CRIME (NON-SEXUAL VIOLENCE OFFENCES) STATISTICS MARCH 2023
• ODPP RAPE AND SEXUAL OFFENCES STATISTICS MARCH 2023

March 2023 Media Updates

• ODPP SERIOUS CRIME (NON-SEXUAL VIOLENCE OFFENCES) STATISTICS FEBRUARY 2023
• ODPP RAPE AND SEXUAL OFFENCES STATISTICS FEBRUARY 2023

February 2023 Media Updates

• ODPP MEDIA UPDATE DPP RECEIVES POLICE INVESTIGATION FILES ON FORMER PM AND AG
• ODPP SERIOUS CRIME (NON-SEXUAL VIOLENCE OFFENCES) STATISTICS JANUARY 2023
• ODPP RAPE AND SEXUAL OFFENCES STATISTICS JANUARY 2023

January 2023 Media Updates

• ODPP SERIOUS CRIME (NON- SEXUAL VIOLENCE OFFENCES) STATISTICS FOR THE YEAR ENDING 31 DECEMBER 2022
• ODPP RAPE AND SEXUAL OFFENCES STATISTICS FOR THE YEAR ENDING 31 DECEMBER 2022
• ODPP SERIOUS CRIME (NON-SEXUAL VIOLENCE OFFENCES) STATISTICS DECEMBER 2022
• ODPP RAPE AND SEXUAL OFFENCES STATISTICS DECEMBER 2022

December 2022 Media Updates

• ODPP SERIOUS CRIME (NON-SEXUAL VIOLENCE OFFENCES) STATISTICS NOVEMBER 2022
• ODPP RAPE AND SEXUAL OFFENCES STATISTICS NOVEMBER 2022

November 2022 Media Updates

• ODPP SERIOUS CRIME (NON-SEXUAL VIOLENCE OFFENCES) STATISTICS OCTOBER 2022
• ODPP RAPE AND SEXUAL OFFENCES STATISTICS OCTOBER 2022

October 2022 Media Updates

• ODPP SERIOUS CRIME (NON-SEXUAL VIOLENCE OFFENCES) STATISTICS SEPTEMBER 2022
• ODPP RAPE AND SEXUAL OFFENCES STATISTICS SEPTEMBER 2022

September 2022 Media Updates

• ODPP SERIOUS CRIME (NON-SEXUAL VIOLENCE OFFENCES) STATISTICS AUGUST 2022
• ODPP RAPE AND SEXUAL OFFENCES STATISTICS AUGUST 2022
• ODPP MEDIA UPDATE US NATIONAL CHARGED WITH MURDER PLEADS NOT GUILTY

August 2022 Media Updates

• ODPP MEDIA UPDATE TWENTY-NINE POLICE PROSECUTORS GRADUATE FROM THE ODPP BASIC PROSECUTIONS COURSE
• ODPP MEDIA UPDATE HIGH COURT GRANTS DPP’S $200,000 FORFEITURE APPLICATION
• ODPP MEDIA UPDATE POLICE AND MILITARY OFFICER SENTENCED IN IOWANE BENEDITO SEXUAL ASSAULT CASE
• ODPP SERIOUS CRIME (NON-SEXUAL VIOLENCE OFFENCE) STATISTICS JULY 2022
• ODPP RAPE AND SEXUAL OFFENCES STATISTICS JULY 2022

July 2022 Media Updates

• ODPP MEDIA UPDATE U.S. NATIONAL CHARGED WITH MURDER OF HIS WIFE APPEARS IN HIGH COURT
• ODPP SERIOUS CRIME (NON-SEXUAL VIOLENCE OFFENCES) STATISTICS JUNE 2022
• ODPP RAPE AND SEXUAL OFFENCES STATISTICS JUNE 2022

June 2022 Media Updates

• ODPP SERIOUS CRIME (NON-SEXUAL VIOLENCE OFFENCES) STATISTICS MAY 2022
• ODPP RAPE AND SEXUAL OFFENCES STATISTICS MAY 2022

May 2022 Media Updates

• ODPP MEDIA UPDATE APPEAL IN AMADEA CASE DISMISSED – Judgment
• ODPP MEDIA UPDATE FULL COURT OF APPEAL TO HEAR AMADEA APPEAL MATTER NEXT WEEK
• ODPP SERIOUS CRIME (NON-SEXUAL VIOLENCE OFFENCE) STATISTICS APRIL 2022
• ODPP RAPE AND SEXUAL OFFENCES STATISTICS APRIL 2022
• ODPP MEDIA UPDATE COURT REFUSES STAY OF EXECUTION OF US WARRANT TO SEIZE AMADEA
• ODPP MEDIA UPDATE COURT TO CONSIDER STAY PENDING APPEAL ON DECISION TO SEIZE AMADEA
• ODPP MEDIA UPDATE COURT REGISTERS US WARRANT TO SEIZE AMADEA

April 2022 Media Updates

• ODPP MEDIA UPDATE DPP FILES APPLICATION TO RESTRAIN AMADEA
• ODPP SERIOUS CRIME (NON-SEXUAL VIOLENCE OFFENCES) STATISTICS MARCH 2022
• ODPP RAPE AND SEXUAL OFFENCES STATISTICS MARCH 2022

March 2022 Media Updates

• ODPP SERIOUS CRIME (NON-SEXUAL VIOLENCE OFFENCES) STATISTICS FEBRUARY 2022
• ODPP RAPE AND SEXUAL OFFENCES STATISTICS FEBRUARY 2022

February 2022 Media Updates

• ODPP MEDIA UPDATE DPP APPEALS SENTENCE OF 30 MONTHS IN BUYING MINORS CASE
• ODPP SERIOUS CRIME (NON-SEXUAL VIOLENCE OFFENCES) STATISTICS JANUARY 2022
• ODPP RAPE AND SEXUAL OFFENCES STATISTICS JANUARY 2022

January 2022 Media Updates

• ODPP SERIOUS CRIME (NON-SEXUAL VIOLENCE OFFENCES) STATISTICS FOR THE YEAR ENDING 31 DECEMBER 2021
• ODPP RAPE AND SEXUAL OFFENCES STATISTICS FOR THE YEAR ENDING 31 DECEMBER 2021
• ODPP MEDIA UPDATE DPP TO APPEAL MANSLAUGHTER CONVICTION
• ODPP SERIOUS CRIME (NON-SEXUAL VIOLENCE OFFENCES) STATISTICS DECEMBER 2021
• ODPP RAPE AND SEXUAL OFFENCES STATISTICS DECEMBER 2021

December 2021 Media Updates

• ODPP SERIOUS CRIME (NON-SEXUAL VIOLENCE OFFENCES) STATISTICS NOVEMBER 2021
• ODPP RAPE AND SEXUAL OFFENCES STATISTICS NOVEMBER 2021

November 2021 Media Updates

• ODPP MEDIA UPDATE DPP APPEALS MANIFESTLY LENIENT DRUG SENTENCE
• ODPP SERIOUS CRIME (NON-SEXUAL VIOLENCE OFFENCES) STATISTICS OCTOBER 2021
• ODPP RAPE AND SEXUAL OFFENCES STATISTICS OCTOBER 2021

October 2021 Media Updates

• ODPP SERIOUS CRIME (NON-SEXUAL VIOLENCE OFFENCES) STATISTICS SEPTEMBER 2021
• ODPP RAPE AND SEXUAL OFFENCES STATISTICS SEPTEMBER 2021

September 2021 Media Updates

• ODPP MEDIA UPDATE DISAPPOINTING COMMENTS BY RM PUAMAU IN FREESOUL MATTER
• ODPP SERIOUS CRIME (NON-SEXUAL VIOLENCE OFFENCES) STATISTICS AUGUST 2021
• ODPP RAPE AND SEXUAL OFFENCES STATISTICS AUGUST 2021

August 2021 Media Updates

• ODPP SERIOUS CRIME (NON-SEXUAL VIOLENCE OFFENCES) STATISTICS JULY 2021
• ODPP RAPE AND SEXUAL OFFENCES STATISTICS JULY 2021

July 2021 Media Updates

• ODPP MEDIA UPDATE ODPP STAFF ALL VACCINATED
• ODPP SERIOUS CRIME (NON-SEXUAL VIOLENCE OFFENCES) STATISTICS JUNE 2021
• ODPP RAPE AND SEXUAL OFFENCES STATISTICS JUNE 2021

June 2021 Media Updates

• ODPP SERIOUS CRIME (NON-SEXUAL VIOLENCE OFFENCES) STATISTICS MAY 2021
• ODPP RAPE AND SEXUAL OFFENCES STATISTICS MAY 2021

May 2021 Media Updates 

• ODPP SERIOUS CRIME (NON-SEXUAL VIOLENCE OFFENCES) STATISTICS APRIL 2021
• ODPP RAPE AND SEXUAL OFFENCES STATISTICS APRIL 2021

April 2021 Media Updates

• ODPP SERIOUS CRIME (NON-SEXUAL VIOLENCE OFFENCES) STATISTICS MARCH 2021
• ODPP RAPE AND SEXUAL OFFENCES STATISTICS MARCH 2021

March 2021 Media Updates

• ODPP MEDIA UPDATE DPP DECIDES NO CHARGES TO BE LAID AGAINST PM
• ODPP MEDIA UPDATE LAWYER TOLD NOT TO THROW HIS BIAS BALL IN THE AIR
• ODPP MEDIA UPDATE DPP SANCTIONS CHARGES AGAINST 10 CORRECTIONS OFFICERS
• ODPP SERIOUS CRIME (NON-SEXUAL VIOLENCE OFFENCES) STATISTICS FEBRUARY 2021
• ODPP RAPE AND SEXUAL OFFENCES STATISTICS FEBRUARY 2021

February 2021 Media Updates

• ODPP MEDIA UPDATE FIVE POLICE OFFICERS CHARGED FOR PLANTING DRUGS IN VICTIM’S CAR APPEAR IN COURT
• ODPP SERIOUS CRIME (NON-SEXUAL VIOLENCE OFFENCES) STATISTICS JANUARY 2021
• ODPP RAPE AND SEXUAL OFFENCES STATISTICS JANUARY 2021

January 2021 Media Updates

• ODPP SERIOUS CRIME (NON-SEXUAL VIOLENCE OFFENCES) STATISTICS FOR THE YEAR ENDING 31 DECEMBER 2020
• ODPP RAPE AND SEXUAL OFFENCES STATISTICS FOR THE YEAR ENDING 31 DECEMBER 2020
• ODPP SERIOUS CRIME (NON-SEXUAL VIOLENCE OFFENCES) STATISTICS DECEMBER 2020 
• ODPP RAPE AND SEXUAL OFFENCES STATISTICS DECEMBER 2020