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Brazilian government convenes national meeting on sports-result manipulation

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Brazil’s government will hold its first National Technical Meeting on Combating the Manipulation of Sports Results from 29 September to 1 October in Brasília. The meeting is intended to develop operational workflows, cooperation protocols and regulatory tools; organisers also plan to launch a digital reporting platform and a manual for combating manipulation.

The meeting will shape inter-agency procedures for investigating and addressing sports-result manipulation and related illegal betting fraud.

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