Jakarta, Oct. 27 -- Indonesia and Australia have agreed to strengthen cooperation on immigration oversight and combating transnational crime, including cross-border online scams.

At a bilateral meeting in Jakarta on Friday, October 23, Indonesian Coordinating Minister for Law, Human Rights, Immigration and Corrections Yusril Ihza Mahendra met Australian Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke.

"Through inter-agency cooperation, both countries should strengthen information sharing, institutional coordination and effective responses," Yusril said in an official statement released on Monday.

The ministers also discussed intensifying joint efforts to combat cross-border online scams, whose increasingly sophisticated operations have become a growi...