Remaining Five Members of 'Bali Nine' Drug Ring Return to Australia

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The remaining five members of the "Bali Nine" drug smuggling ring have arrived in Australia after spending 19 years in an Indonesian prison. It comes after months of diplomatic efforts to secure a repatriation deal with the Indonesian government.

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00:00The final five members of the Bali Nine drug ring have returned home to Australia

00:04after spending almost two decades in an Indonesian prison.

00:08They were given life sentences for trying to smuggle more than eight kilograms of heroin

00:13out of Bali in 2005. Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese announced their arrival

00:19after months of negotiations with the Indonesian government to repatriate

00:22them on humanitarian grounds. Albanese vowed to tackle drug trafficking.

00:27The five men committed serious offences. Australia shares Indonesia's concern about

00:34the serious problem illicit drugs represents. The government will continue to cooperate

00:40with Indonesia to counter narcotics trafficking and transnational crime.

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