Billions in damages and hundreds of cases: Kazakhstan’s NSC reports on anti-corruption efforts
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- Kazakhstan’s National Security Committee registered 201 corruption offenses in July and August 2026 and named 140 people as suspects.
- The cases mainly involved bribery, embezzlement, fraud, abuse of office and exceeding official powers.
- Investigators completed 126 criminal cases, sent 110 to court and established damage totaling 3.7 billion tenge.
Kazakhstan’s National Security Committee registered 201 corruption offenses in July and August 2026, according to the committee’s press service. Investigators named 140 people as suspects in criminal cases.
The cases mainly involved bribery, embezzlement, fraud, abuse of office and exceeding official powers. During the two-month period, NSC officers completed investigations into 126 criminal cases.
Of those cases, 110 were sent to court for further consideration. The total established damage in the completed cases amounted to 3.7 billion tenge.
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