Brazil sports ministry issues manual on match-fixing prevention
Brazil's Ministry of Sports, through its National Secretariat for Sports Betting and Economic Development of Sport, launched a manual on preventing and combating manipulation of sports results. The guide covers fraud methods, suspicious betting patterns, athlete and referee training, ethics codes, monitoring and reporting channels; the ministry said it was prepared by an interinstitutional working group.
Operators and sports bodies receive guidance on detecting suspicious betting patterns and preventing competition manipulation.