A delegation of the Ministry of Public Security of the People’s Republic of China visited Australia from April 25 to 28, 2023 for the Tenth Annual Meeting of China-Australia Working Group on Law Enforcement Cooperation with the Australian Federal Police upon invitation of the Australian Federal Police. The parties, amid a friendly, pragmatic atmosphere, reviewed and summarized the law enforcement cooperation between China and Australia since the last meeting, had an in-depth analysis of situation of transnational crimes, and reached broad consensus on bilateral law enforcement cooperation.
　　The parties believed that Chinese and Australian polices have steadily advanced their law enforcement cooperation and made it an important part and highlight of China-Australia bilateral relations despite the great impacts imposed by the COVID-19 pandemic. By making concerted efforts, the parties have successfully conducted multiple special actions to crack down on transnational crimes, giving heavy blows to criminal gangs and safeguarding the security of the people and institutions of the two countries.
　　As emphasized by the parties, security issues matter the well-being of the people of the two countries. China and Australia are both important countries in the Asia-Pacific region. Law enforcement organs of the two countries will earnestly implement important consensuses reached by heads of the two countries at the Bali Summit, cope with complex and intertwined challenges on law enforcement and security with a win-win thinking in line with the principles of cooperation, innovation, rule of law and win-win, further strengthen the dialogue and expand the cooperation to push forward the policing and law enforcement cooperation ties between China and Australia. The parties agreed to cooperate in the following fields:
　　1. Maintaining communications and exchanges at the senior and working levels. The parties will make full use of various law enforcement cooperation mechanisms and platforms, keep enhancing strategic mutual trust, regularly plan strategic cooperation, and join hands to crack down on all kinds of transnational illegal and criminal activities.
　　2. Strengthening the law enforcement cooperation against economic crimes. The parties will co-combat cross-border money laundering, conduct joint investigations, share clues, improve the information disclosure & warning mechanism and escape-proof mechanism, and enhance exchange among experts at the working level. Moreover, there will be cooperation on individual case investigation and prosecution under the legal frameworks of the two countries.
　　3. Strengthening cooperation on cracking down on telecom and cyber frauds. The parties will pilot to set up a rapid response mechanism for fund check and control, advance the investigation and prosecution of key individual cases, share the intelligence and clues, and tackle together transnational telecom and cyber frauds.
　　4. Strengthening the network security law enforcement cooperation. The parties will establish bilateral cooperation in such network security law enforcement fields as cracking down on cyber crimes and terrorist activities, and advance the cooperative clue investigation, intelligence sharing, joint law enforcement, etc. Experts will be organized for discussion and communication on topics of network security law enforcement cooperation concerned by the parties as appropriate.
　　5. Strengthening the law enforcement cooperation against drug-related crimes. The parties will keep supporting each other’s key drug control tasks by enhancing communication on clues, exchange of evidence and experience sharing, and actively advance the bilateral law enforcement cooperation on key drug control cases to crack down and destruct transnational drug-related criminal networks. In addition, the parties will expand the cooperation on drug control technologies in more fields.
　　While visiting Australia, the delegation also had communication with the Police of New South Wales about crackdown on Telecom fraud and virtual kidnapping, as well as protection of the personal and property security of overseas Chinese and Chinese-funded institutions.■