The General Prosecutor's Office has established a Centre for Forecasting Criminal Threats, which uses artificial intelligence (AI) and drone technology to identify dangerous locations. According to the results of the first half of the year, crime in Kazakhstan fell by 11%, and internet fraud by 9%.
HOW THE NEW CENTRE WORKS
According to Prosecutor General Berik Asylov, the centre has become one of the tools for shifting from responding to already committed crimes to preventing them at an early stage. The office states that the centre's analytics are used to make concrete decisions on the ground.
Together with the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) and regional akimats, using AI and drone technology, law enforcement agencies identified more than 360 potentially dangerous locations. In these places, patrols were stepped up, around 4,000 lighting points were installed, and more than 3,500 CCTV cameras were set up.
WHAT RESULTS THE SYSTEM HAS DELIVERED
According to Asylov's data, following the first half of 2026, crime in the country fell by 11%. In particular, there were fewer murders, robberies, muggings, extortions, thefts, and street crimes.
The number of internet fraud cases, according to the figures cited, fell by 9%. However, the materials do not specify to what extent the creation of the new centre influenced the overall crime trend.
WHAT WAS DONE AGAINST DRUG-RELATED CRIME
The 'Cyber Surveillance' system blocked 10,000 items showing signs of drug promotion, including more than 6,000 online drug shops. In addition, law enforcement agencies blocked over 464,000 mule accounts.
Drug proceeds totalling more than 2.6 billion tenge were seized. The data provided does not specify exactly which criminal cases these actions related to.
HOW THEY ARE COMBATING INTERNET FRAUD
Together with JSC Kazakhtelecom, law enforcement agencies intercepted more than 1 million suspicious calls and shut down 12 foreign fraudulent call centres.
In Astana, the Anti-Call Centre, created on the initiative of the prosecutor's office at the telecommunications operator's base, intercepted a call relating to a 76-year-old woman who was preparing to hand 21 million tenge to fraudsters. The money was saved.
In addition, with the help of the National Bank's Anti-Fraud Centre, fraudulent transactions totalling more than 2.9 billion tenge were blocked.
WHAT THE NEW APPROACH MEANS
Berik Asylov linked the centre's work to the law enforcement system's shift towards early identification of risks. According to him, the task is to detect threats before they develop into crimes, eliminate the causes of offences, and prevent the consequences.
However, the data provided does not allow the effectiveness of the Forecasting Centre itself to be assessed separately from other law enforcement measures. The Prosecutor General described this work as the practical implementation of the constitutional principle of 'Law and Order'.
