VERY IMPORTANT!

The Agency of the Republic of Kazakhstan for Financial Monitoring informs that in accordance with Article 3 of the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan "On Counteracting the Legalization (Laundering) of Criminally Obtained Incomes and Financing of Terrorism" (hereinafter the AML / CFT Law), to the subjects of financial monitoring (hereinafter - SFM) include:

legal consultants and other independent specialists on legal issues (in cases defined by the AML / CFT Law);
accounting organizations and professional accountants engaged in entrepreneurial activities in the field of accounting;
individual entrepreneurs and legal entities carrying out leasing activities as a lessor without a license;
individual entrepreneurs and legal entities carrying out operations with precious metals and precious stones, jewelry made from them;
individual entrepreneurs and legal entities that provide intermediary services in the implementation of real estate purchase and sale transactions.

The above SFMs (with the exception of accounting organizations and accountants) are obliged to send a notice of the beginning or termination of activities to the authorized body through the E-license Portal (link - https://elicense.kz/), in the "Finance" category.

Also for the SFM there are legal requirements in the field of AML / CFT, in order to get acquainted with the information, the subjects of financial monitoring must register in the “SFM cabinet” (link - https://www.web-sfm.kfm.kz/, guidelines for using the cabinet - https://afmrk.gov.kz/assets/files/departament/290-py70k2.pdf).

Responsibility for failure to comply with the requirements of the AML / CFT Law is provided for by Articles 463 and 214 of the Administrative Code of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

Phones for inquiries: 8 (7172) 74-97-52.