Kazakhstan will freeze 20000 money laundering cards and shut down 22 underground cryptocurrency exchange venues by 2025

Kazakhstan President Tokayev listened to the 2025 work report of the Financial Supervisory Agency, which showed that 1135 criminal case investigations have been completed, victims have been compensated 141.5 billion tenge, 15 criminal gangs and 29 illegal cash platforms have been dismantled, with a transaction volume exceeding 128 billion tenge, 22 shadow cryptocurrency exchange venues used for drug smuggling and money laundering fraud have been cracked down on, and more than 1100 illegal online cryptocurrency trading services and 20000 money laundering deposit cards have been banned.