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The head of the Financial Monitoring Agency reported to Tokayev about a special operation involving the financial intelligence agencies of Kazakhstan, Belarus, and Russia.

The President of Kazakhstan, Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, met with the head of the Financial Monitoring Agency. Janat Elimanov shared key results of the agency's work for 2024 and outlined the objectives for the upcoming period.
Глава АФМ сообщил Токаеву о совместной спецоперации финансовых разведок Казахстана, Беларуси и России.

According to Akorda's report on January 8, Elimanov also informed the president that the implementation of the Comprehensive Plan to combat the shadow economy for 2023-2025 has resulted in a 1.3% reduction in its level:

  • As a result of the Agency's activities, investigations into 1,312 criminal cases have been completed, with damages recovered amounting to 236.8 billion tenge;
  • Criminal proceeds amounting to 152.3 billion tenge have been confiscated;
  • 20 pre-trial investigations have been initiated against organized criminal groups and 1 against a transnational group;
  • 42 financial pyramids have been dismantled;
  • Approximately 15,000 websites and accounts promoting fraudulent schemes have been blocked;
  • 327 chats in messengers have been closed, preventing financial losses for more than 2 million citizens;
  • The activities of 41 online gambling platforms on social networks, 30 gaming halls, underground casinos, and a bookmaker have been exposed;
  • Access to 11,700 online casino websites has been shut down;
  • Unjustified budget expenditures of 120 billion tenge have been prevented;
  • Attempts to legalize criminal proceeds through 36 illegal cryptocurrency exchanges have been thwarted.

He also reported that as a result of a special operation involving financial intelligence agencies from Kazakhstan, Belarus, and Russia, three large-scale "drug shops" were closed and 35 drug dealers were detained:

  • The activities of 1,787 legal entities engaged in fictitious financial transactions and deals have been interrupted and identified;
  • 1.2 thousand attempts to transfer funds to accounts of terrorist and extremist organizations have been blocked.

Following the meeting, the head of state issued a number of instructions concerning key areas of the Agency's activities.

Earlier, Tokayev met with the first deputy head of the presidential administration. This position has been held since January 6 by the former akim of the Turkestan region, Darkhan Satybaldy.

Additionally, today the president listened to a report from Marat Omarov, the chairman of the Agency for Protection and Development of Competition, regarding the implementation of the agency's control functions, including the results of anti-monopoly measures taken in 2024.