Former Kazakh Official Sentenced to 10 Years for Accepting Large Bribe

A former head of the state revenue department in Kazakhstan's West Kazakhstan region has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for accepting a bribe of 100 million tenge. The official facilitated the passage of 1003 trucks from Russia into Kazakhstan. A mediator also received a 1.5-year sentence. Both were stripped of property and banned from future public office.

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