Level of shadow economy decreased by almost 20 % in Kazakhstan

The Agency for Financial Monitoring summed up the results of work for 2022, El.kz reports.

In order to minimize the involvement of business in the criminal process, work is underway to steadily reduce the number of registered cases every year. So, over the past 4 years, their number has been reduced by more than half, compared to 2021 - by a quarter. The courts were 20% less upheld complaints against the actions of investigators.

The main attention is focused on countering the shadow business, the share of such cases in the total number of registered materials exceeds 70% (in these cases, taking into account the seizure of property, more than 97 billion tenge was reimbursed).

The set of measures taken had a positive impact on reducing the level of the shadow economy to 19.7% with a forecast value of 21.5%.

29 financial pyramids were liquidated, the victims were compensated for damage by 8.3 billion tenge. To prevent the involvement of citizens in fraudulent schemes, 13 thousand Internet links and accounts advertising their activities were blocked. 19 thousand warning alerts were sent to the citizens already involved, which contributed to the unsubscribing of 15 thousand citizens from the accounts of the financial pyramids.

The Agency's activity made it possible to enter the top three most useful units of financial intelligence in the rating of the Eurasian Group on Combating Money Laundering and Financing of Terrorism.

In order to further improve the anti-money laundering system, the Concept for the Development of Financial Monitoring until 2026 was approved, which is aimed at ensuring financial security and creating conditions under which the risks of counteraction will be minimized money laundering and financing of terrorism.

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