Over the past two years, Kazakhstan has identified and registered more than 120 criminal cases regarding the creation, leadership, and participation in organized criminal groups, including 13 transnational groups, reports the business information center Kapital.kz, citing the Ministry of Internal Affairs' information resource Polisia.kz.
Under various articles of the Criminal Code, more than 600 representatives of the criminal world have been held accountable. A total of 27 members of organized criminal groups, known as criminal authorities, who were wanted internationally, have been detained.
The presence of six "thieves in law" from neighboring countries has been curtailed on the territory of Kazakhstan. The Ministry of Internal Affairs, in collaboration with the National Security Committee, has dismantled the illegal activities of 160 criminal groups involved in extortion and other serious crimes. In total, more than 1300 criminal cases related to extortion have been initiated, and over 400 crimes linked to human trafficking have been uncovered.
“The Ministry will continue its decisive and principled fight against organized groups,” the agency noted.