Brazil's federal government announced new measures against sports match manipulation at a national technical meeting in Brasilia. They include a Federal Police system to analyse suspicious betting, a second edition of a national manual and an online training course for public security agents.
The tools establish processes for analysing suspicious betting and training security personnel to address match manipulation.
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Brazil’s Federal Police established a division to investigate illegal betting and sports-result manipulation under an organisational restructuring formalised by a Justice Ministry ordinance dated 9 October and published on 13 October. The new division will operate under the General Coordination for the Repression of Money Laundering and Asset Recovery, supported by a Betting Analysis Service; the approved structure combines functions that an earlier proposal had separated.
Brazil’s government is holding its second National Technical Meeting on Combating the Manipulation of Sports Results in Brasília from 28 to 30 April. The programme covers prevention, regulation, monitoring and investigation, while a national policy formalised by a 2026 interministerial decree sets out the state’s response across those areas.
Brazil’s ministries of sport, finance and justice established a national policy to prevent and combat manipulation of sports results through an interministerial decree, published on 2 April 2026 and effective from 31 March. The framework covers regulation, prevention, monitoring and enforcement, including betting-operator good practices; the finance ministry will oversee fixed-odds betting.
Brazil’s ministries of Sports, Treasury and Justice established a national policy to prevent and combat manipulation of sports results through an ordinance dated 25 March 2026. It requires authorised betting operators to detect unusual betting patterns and promptly report suspected manipulation, while assigning the Federal Police investigations with interstate or international reach.
Brazil’s Ministry of Sport and the National Association of Games and Lotteries (ANJL) launched a free online course on preventing and combating match-fixing. The ministry said the course covers sports integrity, suspicious behaviour, risk prevention and reporting, with technical support from Sportradar.