The Main Transport Prosecutor's Office has completed a criminal case against 12 individuals – citizens of Kazakhstan, Ukraine and Russia.
According to the press service of the authority, they are suspected of creating a transnational organised criminal group which, from 2021 to 2023, illegally extracted precious metals in the Akmola Region. The total damage caused by their actions exceeded 250 million tenge.
It has become known that the criminal group was engaged in illegal gold mining, using a licence for 'geological study of the subsoil' as a cover. It is reported that the case has been sent to court.
Recall that earlier, the AFM (Agency for Financial Monitoring), with the participation of financial intelligence agencies of Kazakhstan, Belarus and Russia, identified transnational online shops distributing drugs across the CIS.
Furthermore, it was reported that the activities of 6 transnational organised criminal groups, which included both citizens of Kazakhstan and citizens of neighbouring countries, had been suppressed. In connection with these facts, 9 criminal cases were registered for organising and participating in transnational organised criminal groups.