Since the beginning of 2026, the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Kazakhstan, together with foreign law enforcement, has detained 47 Kazakhstani citizens abroad, and 107 foreign criminals have been caught on the territory of Kazakhstan. The most dangerous suspects were reported by the Ministry of Internal Affairs. This was reported by Qazaqyia.kz citing Kursiv Media.
In Astana, criminal police officers detained a Kazakhstani citizen who was on interstate wanted list for fraud on an especially large scale. It turned out that he, promising to build a residential complex in Almaty, illegally took possession of investors' money. The damage is estimated at 1.5 billion tenge.
Another detention was carried out in Almaty at the request of Interpol of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Kazakhstan. A foreigner who was on the international wanted list by Croatian law enforcement agencies was arrested. He is suspected of creating an organized criminal group involved in the theft and legalization of 30 million euros in Kazakhstan.
A fraudster from Kazakhstan was also detained in Tbilisi. He was also on the international wanted list, and now the issue of his extradition is being decided. According to the investigation, he committed a series of frauds in the sale of cars and caused damage of over 118 million tenge.
In addition, Kazakhstani police detained a foreigner in Moldova. He coordinated and financed a drug laboratory in the Karaganda region, legalized money through cryptocurrency, and conducted transactions through messengers. The clandestine drug laboratory was liquidated.
Earlier, Kursiv reported that Astana developers were fined 49 million tenge for illegal sale of housing.