• KGS/USD = 0.01152 0%
  • KZT/USD = 0.00191 0%
  • TJS/USD = 0.09156 -0.22%
  • UZS/USD = 0.00008 0%
  • TMT/USD = 0.28490 0%
  • KGS/USD = 0.01152 0%
  • KZT/USD = 0.00191 0%
  • TJS/USD = 0.09156 -0.22%
  • UZS/USD = 0.00008 0%
  • TMT/USD = 0.28490 0%
  • KGS/USD = 0.01152 0%
  • KZT/USD = 0.00191 0%
  • TJS/USD = 0.09156 -0.22%
  • UZS/USD = 0.00008 0%
  • TMT/USD = 0.28490 0%
  • KGS/USD = 0.01152 0%
  • KZT/USD = 0.00191 0%
  • TJS/USD = 0.09156 -0.22%
  • UZS/USD = 0.00008 0%
  • TMT/USD = 0.28490 0%
  • KGS/USD = 0.01152 0%
  • KZT/USD = 0.00191 0%
  • TJS/USD = 0.09156 -0.22%
  • UZS/USD = 0.00008 0%
  • TMT/USD = 0.28490 0%
  • KGS/USD = 0.01152 0%
  • KZT/USD = 0.00191 0%
  • TJS/USD = 0.09156 -0.22%
  • UZS/USD = 0.00008 0%
  • TMT/USD = 0.28490 0%
  • KGS/USD = 0.01152 0%
  • KZT/USD = 0.00191 0%
  • TJS/USD = 0.09156 -0.22%
  • UZS/USD = 0.00008 0%
  • TMT/USD = 0.28490 0%
  • KGS/USD = 0.01152 0%
  • KZT/USD = 0.00191 0%
  • TJS/USD = 0.09156 -0.22%
  • UZS/USD = 0.00008 0%
  • TMT/USD = 0.28490 0%
04 December 2024

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Kazakhstan to Crack Down on Motor Fuel Smuggling to Kyrgyzstan

On October 8, Kazakhstan’s Financial Monitoring Agency held a meeting on strengthening control over the smuggling of motor fuel from the country’s border regions. As gasoline prices in Kazakhstan are significantly lower than in neighboring Kyrgyzstan, gasoline is transported from the southern regions of Kazakhstan to northern Kyrgyzstan in passenger car gas tanks. In practical terms, drivers fill up their cars at Kazakh gas stations close to the border, then enter Kyrgyzstan and redistribute the gasoline. According to the Financial Monitoring Agency, up to 10,000 tons of fuel are exported this way monthly through the Kazakh-Kyrgyz border. Fuel is also illegally exported by railway tanks, with documents indicating other contents inside the tanks. At the meeting, the Kazakh government and law-enforcement agencies developed an algorithm of action to prevent the illegal export of motor fuel. Since the beginning of this year, Kazakh law enforcers have filed 21 criminal cases concerning the illegal export of almost 3,500 tons of fuel. Kazakh gasoline is sold in plastic bottles on northern Kyrgyzstan's roadsides and around Bishkek. The most popular gasoline, AI-92, is sold by roadside traders for 58 KGS per liter ($1 = 85 KGS), while authorized gas stations sell it for 67 KGS per liter. In 2023, Kyrgyzstan’s Tax Service confiscated 9,599 liters of illegal fuel, up from 3,422 liters in 2022.

Illegal Underground Tunnel Unearthed on Uzbekistan-Kazakhstan Border

An illegal underground tunnel has been discovered in the border area of  Tashkent and Kazakhstan, according to the State Security Service of Uzbekistan (SSS). It is noted that SSS employees were quick to call a meeting to cooperate with the “Tashkent-Aero” specialized customs complex's  border troops and military personnel. The gathering exposed a cross-border criminal group's illegal importation of large quantities of substandard drugs from India through Kazakhstan to Uzbekistan. The drugs were brought into Almaty's international airport via the Delhi-Tashkent-Almaty air route. The stash was then delivered to the Dostlik settlement in the  Saryogoch district of the  Turkestan region, Kazakhstan, and transferred onwards to Tashkent's  Orikzor neighbourhood, through a secret underground route. The horde comprised 17,048 drugs, produced in India under 107 brands including Albumin, Remdesivir, and Meropenem. Valued at 1 billion 94 million UZS (approximately $87,096.82), the drugs were retained as evidence against the smugglers who are currently being held in detention. Running a distance of 310 meters, the underground tunnel is a sophisticated construction furnished with  air ventilation,  lighting , carts, and ropes for cargo transportation. In a previous post, The Times of Central Asia reported on the discovery of another secret tunnel connecting Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan.