21.09.2022
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Kazakhstan: mass arrests in health care services

Employees of the Anti-Corruption Agency detained Bolatbek Kayupov, head of the health department of the West Kazakhstan region. The official is suspected of accepting a bribe of $ 16,000. Kayupov was placed in a pre-trial detention center in Uralsk. It’s worth noting that there is no official confirmation of the fact of the detention of […]

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Kyrgyzstan: officials of railroad state enterprise misappropriated wagons

On suspicion of abuse of power, the head of the Department of freight transportation and commercial work of the state enterprise “Kyrgyz Railroad” [“Kyrgyz Temir Jolu”] was detained. This was reported by the Financial Police. Responsible persons of the state-owned enterprise carried out illegal cutting of wagons. The state budget suffered significant damage. “These wagons […]

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Kazakhstan: ex-judge was sentenced to 5 years in prison for bribe

In Chimkent, the trial in the case of the former chairman of the judicial board for civil cases of Turkestan region Tugel Bekimbetov, accused of taking a bribe in the amount of $ 7,000, has been ended. Bekimbetov was detained red-handed by employees of the Anti-Corruption Agency on April 27, 2020. He received a bribe […]

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Kyrgyzstan: Director of the Center of judicial representatives was detained

The former director of the Center of judicial representatives of the government of the Kyrgyz Republic was detained on suspicion of abuse of power. This was reported by the Financial Police of the republic. The investigation found that as a result of illegal actions of officials of the Center of judicial representatives and the Ministry […]

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Kyrgyzstan: corruption scheme caused $ 110 million damage to budget

In Kyrgyzstan, a corruption scheme has been identified in which officials of the Social Fund and the State Tax Service are involved. By their actions, the state budget was damaged on an especially large scale, according to the Financial Police. It was established that the officials created an illegal stable connection in order to illegally […]

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Kazakhstan: bribery suspect vice mayor has resigned his post

In Atyrau region, a corruption scandal flares up with the participation of the deputy mayor of the region, Nurlan Taubaev. The official, suspected of receiving a bribe and currently being in the pre-trial detention center, resigned of his own free will.  Nurlan Taubaev was detained on September 10 by employees of the Anti-Corruption Agency. Together […]

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In Kazakhstan, authorities exacerbate punishment for pedophilia

Kazakhstan intends to join the Council of Europe Convention on the protection of children from sexual exploitation and sexual abuse. This statement was made by the General Prosecutor of the republic Gizzat Nurdauletov, responding to the inquiry of the deputies of the Senate of the Parliament concerning what measures are being taken in the republic […]

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Kyrgyzstan: Sapar Isakov and Albek Ibraimov were put on the interstate wanted list

Former prime minister and ex-mayor were put on the interstate wanted list. This was reported by 24.kg news agency with reference to the State Penitentiary Service. They are wanted for evasion of punishment; a criminal case was initiated earlier. Sapar Isakov was sentenced in 2019 to 15 years on charges of corruption during the reconstruction […]

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Kyrgyzstan: no prisoner with disabilities has been released under amnesty

An amnesty was announced in Kyrgyzstan in May. It was supposed to unload the penitentiary system of the republic, including by releasing people with disabilities from places of imprisonment. However, not a single disabled person has been released under the amnesty, which expires in November. Human rights activist Indira Sautova told ACCA that, according to […]

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