Shadow turnover in production and export of fish in Kazakhstan amounted to about $100 million over 3 years

Almaty. October 7. Silkroadnews - State Revenue Committee of the Ministry of Finance of Kazakhstan conducted a pre-trial investigation into illegal fishing and tax evasion committed by an organized group, informed the press service of the Prosecutor General of Kazakhstan.
"Based on materials from the analysis of the General Prosecutor's Office, initiated and conducted pre-trial investigation under articles 335 and 245 of the Criminal Code (illegal mining and tax evasion committed by an organized group with causing especially large damage)", - said in a statement published on the website of the Prosecutor General on Wednesday.
It is noted that only in 2012-2015, 30% or 13.7 thousand tons of Kazakhstan's exported fish was produced by poachers. Removal of illegally caught fish out of the country is carried out by organized criminal groups through a network of illegal enterprises using forged documents.
"The size of the shadow turnover for the period amounted to 100 million US dollars, and the amount of damage caused to the state due to the illegal extraction of natural resources and tax evasion exceeded 15 billion tenge", - stressed the Attorney General.