ASTANA. June 15 (Interfax) - - The Customs Control Committee (CTC) of Kazakhstan's Ministry of Finance has not found sufficient evidence of bribery relating to the customs clearing.

"On June 7, The Wall Street Journal published an article about the international probe into bribing Kazakhstan's customs officials. The publications citied an anonymous email alleging that the KPO authorized DHL to bribe Kazakh customs officials to ignore paperwork irregularities that could have delayed the shipments," said the Customs Committee in a statement.

The Customs Committee reported that the Internal Security Committee launched a probe into corruption allegations and conducted inquiry at the Aksai customs post in the West Kazakhstan region. The probe, however, did not produce sufficient evidence of officials' abusing power or receiving any payment from the KPO oil company," said the committee.

The committee stated, however, that in 2010, a random audit of KPO foreign trade activities unveiled systematic violations of customs laws. KPO was surcharged $21 billion tenge in customs duties.

The customs committee noted that it has no access to the results of KPO internal inquiry.

As reported, global oil and gas companies, including Eni, Chevron, BG and Lukoil, as mentioned in The Wall Street Journal were involved in an international investigation into allegations of bribery of customs officials in Kazakhstan.

"In March, members of Karachaganak Petroleum Operating BV and a logistics arm of Deutsche Post AG, DPW.XE 0.00% which handles freight shipments for the group, received an anonymous email alleging improper payments for moving goods through the Aksai customs office. (