Today, “telephone terrorism” with false reports about pledged IEDs remains one of the most common crimes that seriously harm public safety.
Annually, from 15 to 20% of people convicted of false calls are women, from 8 to 12% are minors, and middle-aged people - 41%.
In each case, a significant amount of forces and means of law enforcement and special bodies, medical institutions is involved to verify information about the mortgaged explosive device. Also, these measures incur large financial costs.
To date, the national security authorities, together with the internal affairs bodies, have accumulated sufficient experience in responding and disclosing anonymous messages in hot pursuit. In practice, more than 90% of such crimes are discovered within 24 hours.
We remind you that a deliberately false report on an act of terrorism entails criminal liability under Art. 273 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Kazakhstan and is punishable by deprivation of liberty for a term of up to six years.