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The Ministry of Internal Affairs has warned of cases of fraud in the transportation of goods.

Submitted by Aisulu Muratqyzy on
Residents of Kazakhstan have been reminded of the risks associated with transporting cars and various goods via logistics platforms. In a recent case, a resident of Almaty was tricked out of a car worth 60 million tenge, but the vehicle was successfully returned to its owner.

The perpetrator of the accident on Al-Farabi has been sentenced to 10 years in prison.

Submitted by Aisulu Muratqyzy on
In the Specialised Interdistrict Criminal Court of Almaty, the case concerning the road traffic accident on Al-Farabi Avenue, which resulted in the deaths of three people, has been concluded. Alexander Pak was found guilty and sentenced to 10 years' imprisonment.

Over 70% of Kazakhstanis have credits or loans

Submitted by Aisulu Muratqyzy on

Over 70% of Kazakhstani people have credits or loans, and nearly half of all borrowers spend more than half of their monthly income on repayments. A survey of the country's residents on the issue of over-indebtedness also revealed that the most common financial obligations remain consumer loans and instalment plans, and there turned out to be more supporters of tightening lending conditions than opponents.

The head of an organised crime group, who had been hiding for 17 years, has been extradited to Kazakhstan.

Submitted by Aisulu Muratqyzy on
A citizen of Kazakhstan, suspected of leading an organised criminal group (OCG), has been extradited from Kyrgyzstan. According to the investigation, he is linked to large-scale fraud committed between 2007 and 2008 in Almaty.

Smuggling of petrol worth 37.2 billion tenge uncovered in Kazakhstan

Submitted by Aisulu Muratqyzy on
In Kazakhstan, since the start of 2026, more than 190,000 tonnes of petrol with an illicit turnover exceeding 37.2 billion tenge have been identified as being smuggled out of the country. At the same time, law enforcement agencies have thwarted 712 attempts to illegally export fuel and lubricants across road customs checkpoints.

The KNB has disrupted the activities of a criminal group in the Turkestan region.

Submitted by Aisulu Muratqyzy on
In the Turkestan region, officers of the Committee for National Security (KNB), together with the police and under the coordination of the prosecutor's office, have stopped the activities of a criminal group. As part of the investigation, pre-trial proceedings have been initiated against 17 individuals.

The Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs has opened a laboratory for training UAV operators.

Submitted by Aisulu Muratqyzy on
In Kazakhstan, a training laboratory for unmanned aircraft systems has begun operating at the Operational and Forensic Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MVD). There, police officers undergo training in drone piloting to carry out their official duties.

Personnel appointments in police bodies have affected a number of regions of Kazakhstan

Submitted by Вера Александрова on
In the system of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Kazakhstan, a planned rotation of senior management has taken place. By orders of the Minister of Internal Affairs, coordinated with the Presidential Administration, new heads have been appointed to the Ministry’s central office and a number of territorial police departments. The staffing changes have affected several regions of the country.

The deal between Prince Andrew and Timur Kulibaev has become the focus of a BBC investigation

Submitted by Вера Александрова on
A BBC investigation has shown that the purchase of Prince Andrew’s former residence in the UK in 2007 may have been partly financed by funds from a company that the Italian prosecutor's office linked to corrupt payments. The buyer was Kazakh billionaire Timur Kulibayev, the son-in-law of the former president of Kazakhstan. Kulibayev himself denies corruption and calls the deal lawful.

Former akim of Shymkent, Gabidulla Abdrakhimov, has received a position within the Samruk-Kazyna structure.

Submitted by Вера Александрова on
Former mayor of Shymkent, Gabidulla Abdrakhimov, has been appointed as Deputy Chairman of the Board for Operations at Samruk-Kazyna Construction JSC and assumed the position on 29 December 2025, the fund's press service reported and several Kazakh media outlets confirmed. However, he is not officially a member of the company's board of directors.

The internal conflict in the MSH committee has escalated into a demand for an official investigation.

Submitted by Gorin Sergey on
The conflict in the Veterinary Control and Supervision Committee of the Ministry of Agriculture has escalated beyond the usual professional disagreements. The head of the Human Resources and Organisational Work Department, and the committee’s ethics officer, Alfiya Zhamkenova, has sent an appeal to Vice-Minister Amangaliy Berdalin, requesting that he take the situation under control and conduct an official investigation into the actions of the committee’s chairman, Kazbek Tashimov.

Anti-corruption case in the transport sector of the EKR has affected the akim’s inner circle

Submitted by Вера Александрова on

In the East Kazakhstan Region, the head of the Department of Passenger Transport and Highways, Daniyar Uakhitov, has been detained on suspicion of receiving a bribe on an especially large scale. Large sums of cash have been seized from him. Amid the investigation, he has left his post, and the performance of his duties has been transferred to his deputy.

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