He reported that the implementation of the Comprehensive Plan to Combat the Shadow Economy in 2023-2025 has led to a 1.3% reduction in its scale.
According to the Agency's results – the investigations of 1,312 criminal cases have been completed, with damages recovered amounting to 236.8 billion tenge and the confiscation of criminal proceeds totaling 152.3 billion tenge.
It is important to note that 20 pre-trial investigations were initiated against organized criminal groups and 1 against a transnational criminal group.
The Agency also shut down 42 financial pyramids and blocked over 15,000 websites and accounts used by fraudsters.
Additionally, 41 online casinos operating on social networks, 30 underground gambling establishments, and 11,700 various websites offering online casino services were closed.
Unexplained budget expenditures amounting to 120 billion tenge were prevented, and 36 cryptocurrency exchanges were blocked, which were attempting to launder criminal funds.
Through a joint special operation involving Kazakhstan, Belarus, and Russia, 3 major drug trafficking points were shut down, and 35 drug traffickers were apprehended.
The activities of 1,787 legal entities conducting fictitious financial operations were also halted.
Moreover, 1,200 attempts to transfer funds to terrorist organizations were blocked.
Following a meeting with Elimanov, the President of Kazakhstan issued a series of instructions to enhance the Agency's work in its key areas.