Abstract
The purpose of the study is to outline the role of financial investigations in money laundering. The leading research method is the analysis of the main factors identified by the authors that help fight against money laundering and improving the effectiveness of financial investigations. The legal framework for the regulation of electronic finance and visual cases of financial fraud are analysed. Having analysed the international experience in regulating electronic finance, it revealed what weaknesses are present in the legislative framework of Kazakhstan in this matter. The paper presents recommendations to improve the effectiveness of the fight against money laundering and determines the significance of financial investigations in solving this issue. The findings of the study can become a theoretical guide for the development of structures involved in financial investigations.