Brazil holds 2nd National Technical Meeting on 'Combating the Manipulation of Sports Results'

The Brazilian government is holding the 2nd National Technical Meeting on Combating the Manipulation of Sports Results from April 28 to 30 in Brasília, bringing together government agencies, police authorities, regulators, sports bodies, betting operators, athletes, prosecutors, and integrity organizations.

The meeting follows the expansion of fixed-odds sports betting under Law No. 14.790/2023, which authorities say has increased the need for stronger control, monitoring, prevention, and enforcement mechanisms. 

It also comes after the work of the Interministerial Working Group established by Interministerial Decree MESP/MF/MJSP No. 1/2025, which the government says has moved from diagnosis to implementation in less than a year.

The National Policy for the Prevention and Confrontation of Sports Match-Field Manipulation is a key component, formalized by Interministerial Decree MESP/MF/MJSP No. 1/2026. The policy structures the Brazilian state’s response across four areas: regulation, prevention, monitoring and oversight, and repression. It is intended to create continuous and coordinated action across the different stages of detecting and combating the manipulation of sports results.

The policy also supports the creation of a National Integrity Ecosystem for Sports Betting, based on cooperation among public institutions and strategic actors. The model brings together intelligence, regulation, investigation, information sharing, and complementary action, replacing fragmented responses with a more coordinated and data-driven approach.

National Secretary of Sports Betting and Economic Development, Giovanni Rocco

“This second meeting consolidates an important step forward for the Brazilian Government, by deepening the training of agents, as well as integrating different institutions and strengthening mechanisms that guarantee more transparency, security and credibility to competitions and to Brazilian sport,” said the National Secretary of Sports Betting and Economic Development of Sport of the Ministry of Sport, Giovanni Rocco.

The event opens on April 28 with Rocco; Daniele Correa Cardoso, Secretary of Prizes and Betting at the Ministry of Finance; Andrei Augusto Passos Rodrigues, Director-General of the Federal Police; José Anchieta Nery, Director of Integrated Operations and Intelligence, representing the National Secretariat of Public Security; Marcelo Stopanovski, Director of the Asset Recovery Department, representing the National Secretariat of Justice; and Elena Abbati, Director of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime in Brazil.

The program will address integrity in sports betting, regulation, prevention, monitoring, investigation, technology, the role of athletes and operators, criminal offenses related to match-fixing, intelligence reports, and investigation practices. April 30 will be reserved for a closed program focused on investigative trails.

“The manipulation of sports results, often linked to criminal organizations, demands a qualified response from the State. With the integration of intelligence, regulation, and investigation, Brazil will have more effective conditions to confront this type of practice continuously,” added the Director-General of the Federal Police, Andrei Rodrigues.

The first day’s panels will include discussions on the National Integrity Ecosystem in Sports Betting, shared responsibility in protecting the unpredictability of sporting outcomes, technology and betting monitoring, and criminal offenses applicable to match-fixing.

On April 29, the agenda will cover regulation and oversight of fixed-odds betting, data processing by the Ministry of Finance’s Prizes and Betting Secretariat and the Federal Police, the role of betting operators in preventing match-fixing, the path from suspicion to criminal prosecution, intelligence reports, and best practices in investigation.

Secretary of Prizes and Betting at the Ministry of Finance, Daniele Cardoso

The Secretary of Prizes and Betting at the Ministry of Finance, Daniele Cardoso, said the initiatives are helping build a structured base for coordinated state action. “We are presenting concrete results, which demonstrate the effectiveness of the joint work of the group established last year. This progress has been fundamental in institutionalizing this agenda as a state policy."

"In this sense, this meeting assumes a central role by bringing together, in the same institutional environment, government bodies, the sports community, control and investigation authorities, sports entities, betting operators, and integrity organizations. The initiative strengthens cooperation, allows for the alignment of processes, and contributes to transforming experiences into coordinated responses to combating the manipulation of sports results.”