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In Kazakhstan, a transnational drug scheme has been disrupted: people were recruited as drug couriers through job advertisements. Forty people have been detained, 11 of whom have been arrested. Drugs, equipment and bank cards have been seized, and the investigation is ongoing.

In Uralsk, an illegal microfinance operation is under investigation: loans secured by jewellery were issued without a licence through a scheme involving a pawnbroker-style shop. Loans were disguised as commission agreements, and interest was masked as storage fees. The total revenue exceeded 128 million tenge, and part of the suspect's property has been seized.

In Kazakhstan, the rules for recording reports of offences and maintaining the Unified Register of Pre-trial Investigations (URPI) have been updated. Order No. 37 of the Prosecutor General introduces automatic registration of messages from electronic services and clarifies the procedure for statistical recording and electronic access to case materials.

President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev signed the Constitution of the Republic of Kazakhstan, adopted on 15 March 2026, and a decree on measures for its implementation. The document launches a large-scale reform of the country's legal and political system. In the near future, five new constitutional laws are planned to be introduced to Parliament, as well as amendments to more than 60 existing laws.

A court in the Aktobe region has found six members of a group guilty of organising the sale of psychotropic substances through the online store "Qymyz shop". They have been sentenced to between 15 and 17 years' imprisonment.

The Ministry of Internal Affairs has approved rules for identifying rental e-scooters in Kazakhstan. According to the order, kick-sharing operators will independently assign registration numbers to the devices and maintain their records. The new requirements will come into force on 1 July 2026 and apply only to commercial rental services.

In Almaty, police are investigating a criminal case under the article “Fraud” following complaints from parents of children who took part in castings held by the film studio Jan Production. Families were offered the chance to take part in short film shoots for a fee of around 1.5 million tenge. According to the parents, after the money was paid, the shoots did not take place, and the company’s office turned out to be closed.

The Taldykorgan city prosecutor’s office has revealed violations of labour rights among employees of the Taldykorgan City Multidisciplinary Hospital. It was established that permissible limits for overtime work were exceeded and that additional hours were incorrectly paid. The violations affected the rights of more than 700 medical workers.

In Kazakhstan, payment rules for travelling on toll roads have been changed. The Ministry of Transport of the Republic of Kazakhstan has increased the voluntary payment period for individuals from 7 to 30 days. The new rules provide for a separate payment procedure for legal entities and will come into force 10 days after official publication.