50 people were charged with a total of 43 separate incidents in March.
According to the Director of Public Prosecutions Office there were 3 cases of attempted murder, 11 cases of aggravated robbery, 10 cases of aggravated burglary, 3 cases of theft, 3 cases of assault causing actual bodily harm, 1 case of criminal intimidation, 1 case of trafficking in persons, 1 case of perverting the course of justice, 3 cases of using forged documents, 5 cases of dealing in infringing copy, 1 case of dealing in proceeds of crime and 1 case of false representation.
The 50 people that were charged include 4 police officers and of these four, a former police constable has been charged with one count of perverting the course of justice, 1 police officer has been charged with assault causing actual bodily harm, and 1 police officer has been charged with making a false representation in relation to Cyclone Winston assistance while another police officer has been charged with one count of the theft of $14,000.
Two police officers cases were referred to the DPP by the Police Internal Affairs however no charges were laid and disciplinary actions were recommended.
A local resident has been charged with trafficking in persons where the accused allegedly organised the entry into Fiji of a worker from the Philippines.
There was one incident where two people were charged with using forged passports in an attempt to travel to New Zealand from Fiji.
A company has also been charged with 5 counts of dealing in infringing copy under the Copyright Act.
Another person allowed a transfer of money to his bank account knowing that the amount was proceeds of crime.
