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Kazakhstan Security Officials Break Up 24 Criminal Groups Across Several Regions

From 24.kg · () Russian

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News Official statement Outcome reported
  • Kazakhstan’s National Security Committee, police and prosecutors have disrupted the activities of 24 criminal groups since the start of 2026.
  • More than 169 people, including alleged group leaders, were detained on suspicion of extortion, kidnapping, illegal weapons possession and other serious crimes.
  • Authorities said they had identified and dismantled illegal income streams linked to criminal schemes in border areas, industry and environmental activities.

Kazakhstan’s National Security Committee, working with police and under prosecutors’ coordination, has stopped the activities of 24 criminal groups in several regions since the start of 2026.

More than 169 people were detained on suspicion of extortion, kidnapping, illegal weapons possession and other serious crimes. The detainees included alleged leaders of the groups.

The committee said officials had also identified and dismantled sources of illegal income connected to criminal schemes in border areas, industry and environmental activities. Earlier, committee officers and police conducted operations against illegal arms trafficking across 12 regions of Kazakhstan.

Sources of illegal income linked to the organization of criminal schemes in border areas, industry and environmental activities were identified and dismantled.

· Kazakhstan National Security Committee press serviceThe committee described the financial networks targeted during the operations.
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