Brazil sports ministry and Federal Police agree 60-month match-fixing cooperation
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Brazil’s Ministry of Sport and Federal Police signed a technical cooperation agreement on 9 November 2026 to strengthen prevention and investigation of match-fixing and other sports fraud. The agreement lasts 60 months; it was published on 11 November, as a provisional measure prohibiting fixed-odds betting remained in force after Congress extended it for another 60 days.
Brazil’s Ministry of Sport and Federal Police have signed a 60-month cooperation agreement to strengthen the prevention and investigation of match-fixing and other sports fraud.
Sport minister Paulo Henrique Perna Cordeiro and Federal Police director general Andrei Augusto Passos Rodrigues signed the agreement on 9 November 2026. An extract was published on 11 November 2026 in the federal official gazette.
The agreement aims to improve prevention, identification, reporting and handling of match manipulation and other fraud affecting sports competitions. Each institution will act within its legal powers, with the ministry’s National Secretariat for Sports Betting and Economic Development of Sport coordinating its work.
Negotiations began before Provisional Measure 1.394, which since September has prohibited the operation, offering, intermediation and advertising of fixed-odds sports and online gaming bets in Brazil. The measure applies to state authorisations and overseas platforms offering those services to people in Brazil.
Under the regulated market, authorised operators worked with specialist companies and organisations to monitor betting patterns, identify unusual activity and issue alerts that could lead to investigations. Participants included Sportradar, Genius Sports, Integridad y Cumplimiento 360, SIGA and IBIA. That cooperation no longer operates under the same conditions after authorised platforms closed. The sector is concerned that reduced visibility could make suspicious patterns harder to detect early.
Congress extended the provisional measure for another 60 days on 11 November, with legislative deliberation still pending.