[Kazakhstan to Freeze 20,000 Money Laundering Cards and Shut Down 22 Underground Cryptocurrency Exchanges by 2025] Odaily Planet Daily News: Kazakhstan President Tokayev has reviewed the 2025 work report of the Financial Monitoring Agency (AFM). Investigations into 1,135 criminal cases have been completed, with 141.5 billion tenge compensated to victims. Authorities have dismantled 15 criminal groups and 29 platforms involved in illegal cash-out activities, with transactions exceeding 128 billion tenge. Additionally, they have cracked down on 22 shadow cryptocurrency exchanges used for laundering proceeds from drug trafficking and fraud, and have blocked over 1,100 illegal online cryptocurrency trading services and 20,000 deposit cards used for money laundering. (Tengrinews)