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Brazil’s TRT-4 authorises betting-platform searches for debtors’ assets

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Brazil’s Regional Labor Court of the 4th Region (TRT-4) authorised inquiries into online betting platforms in two labour enforcement cases, reportedly after conventional asset searches proved insufficient. The court overturned first-instance refusals, allowing the platforms to be consulted to locate debtors’ assets; the source does not report an order to freeze funds.

Operators may receive court inquiries seeking information about assets held in customers’ betting accounts.

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