Criminal legal problems of struggle with the legalization of criminal proceeds in the Republic of Kazakhstan

Abstract

The scientific article examines the criminal legal aspects of combating the legalization (laundering) of money and (or) other property obtained by criminal means in the Republic of Kazakhstan. As you know, criminal proceeds create the material basis for committing new crimes, contribute to the growth of the shadow economy, the withdrawal of capital, an increase in the level of corruption, and, promoting a criminal lifestyle and therefore suppressing the possibility of money laundering is a necessary condition for combating crime. This circumstance, in turn, is the most important factor in the economic, political, and social stability of the state. According to the authors of the article, in the regulatory framework and in the law enforcement activities of the country’s government bodies in the field of combating money laundering, there are some problems in legal regulation and in the practical activities of law enforcement agencies. The authors of the article identified existing problems in legal regulation and law enforcement activities in the field of combating money laundering, mainly in the criminal legal sphere, and ways to solve them are proposed.