Prosecutors have identified 22,000 foreigners registered at fake addresses and in so-called "rubber flats".
According to the Prosecutor General's Office, this was revealed during a board meeting attended by heads of central state bodies.
"In one apartment in Astana, 937 people, including foreigners, were registered, although only one family lived there. In the Almaty region, 13,000 such cases were identified", the statement said.
It was reported that as a result of the inspections, prosecutors initiated 42 pre-trial investigations related to document forgery, illegal border crossing, non-compliance with court rulings, and other violations.
Furthermore, it emerged that prosecutors have uncovered illegal migration channels and launched pre-trial investigations in the Zhambyl, Turkestan, North Kazakhstan, and Karaganda regions, as well as in the cities of Almaty and Astana.
For example, in the Karaganda region, the activities of a criminal group were suppressed, which included employees of Public Service Centres, medical facilities, and so-called "helpers", who forged employment contracts and medical certificates for money and arranged fake registrations.
In addition, in the Korday district of the Zhambyl region, three citizens of Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan were detained for organising the illegal border crossing of 20 Pakistanis.
"One of them provided transport and accommodation for the migrants and has already been sentenced; the case against the other two has been sent to court. (Citizen M. was sentenced to imprisonment; the case against citizens A. and O. has been sent to court)", the statement said.