The Brazilian government presents unprecedented results in the fight against match-fixing in sports during the II National Technical Meeting.
The Brazilian government is holding the 2nd National Technical Meeting on Combating Sports Match-Fixing in Brasília from April 28th to 30th , consolidating a strategic state agenda focused on protecting sports integrity and confronting illicit practices associated with the betting market.
More than just a forum for debate, the meeting highlights the concrete achievements reached in record time by the Interministerial Working Group, established by Interministerial Decree MESP/MF/MJSP No. 1/2025, which transformed institutional coordination into effective results.
The main milestone of this agenda is the establishment of the National Policy for the Prevention and Confrontation of Sports Match-Field Manipulation, formalized by Interministerial Decree MESP/MF/MJSP No. 1/2026.
The policy structures the actions of the Brazilian State based on four complementary fronts: regulation, prevention, monitoring and oversight, and repression.
By integrating these axes into a single strategy, Brazil will act in a coordinated and continuous manner at all stages of combating the manipulation of sports results, strengthening the state's capacity to respond and protect the integrity of competitions.
“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,” says the National Secretary of Sports Betting and Economic Development of Sport of the Ministry of Sport, Giovanni Rocco.
“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,” adds the Director-General of the Federal Police, Andrei Rodrigues.
The Secretary of Prizes and Betting at the Ministry of Finance, Daniele Cardoso, emphasizes that these initiatives consolidate the construction of a structured base for coordinated state action. “We are presenting concrete results, which demonstrates 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.”
“Brazil is taking a decisive step by structuring a state policy to combat the manipulation of sports results. We are integrating intelligence, regulation, and investigation into a continuous and coordinated model that strengthens the performance of the Unified Public Security System and expands our capacity to prevent, detect, and repress these practices. The integrity of sport is a strategic asset, and the Brazilian state is prepared to protect it with rigor and institutional cooperation,” states the National Secretary of Public Security of the Ministry of Justice and Public Security, Chico Lucas.
National Ecosystem for Integrity in Sports Betting
With the implementation of the Policy, Brazil is structuring a National Integrity Ecosystem for Sports Betting, based on coordinated action between public institutions and strategic actors. This ecosystem operates as a network, integrating intelligence, regulation, and investigation capabilities with information sharing and complementary actions.
In practice, this represents a paradigm shift: the State ceases to act in a fragmented way and begins to operate in an articulated, continuous, and data-driven manner, significantly expanding its capacity for prevention and response.
Concrete deliveries in record time.
In less than a year, the Working Group progressed from diagnosis to the implementation of structuring instruments, with particular emphasis on:
⇒ Establishment of the National Policy for the Prevention and Combat of Match-Field Manipulation in Sports, formalized by Interministerial Decree MESP/MF/MJSP No. 1/2026, establishing guidelines, governance, and coordinated action by the Brazilian State.
⇒ The Suspicious Betting Analysis System developed by the Federal Police, structuring strategic data to support analyses, cross-referencing, and investigations.
⇒ Publication of the National Manual for Combating the Manipulation of Sports Results (2nd edition), consolidating operational guidelines, inter-institutional flows, and investigative methodologies.
⇒ The first online course on Prevention and Repression of Sports Match-Fixing, developed by the National Police Academy, expanding the qualifications of public security agents in all states.
⇒ Continuous production and dissemination of intelligence reports, strengthening coordinated action among the Judicial Police.
⇒ Holding national technical meetings, structuring a permanent network of cooperation between public security, regulation, sports, and the betting sector.
⇒ Formalizing partnerships with integrity agencies and establishing workflows for handling and forwarding departures.
⇒ Structuring Integrated Action Flows for receiving, analyzing, and forwarding information related to the manipulation of sports results.
These deliveries solidify the construction of a structured foundation for coordinated and continuous action by the State.
Structured response to the new regulated market
The consolidation of this agenda occurs within a context of expansion of the regulated sports betting market, driven by Law No. 14.790/2023. Regulation increases the need for robust control, monitoring, and integrity mechanisms, requiring a structured and coordinated state response.
Experts and strategic stakeholders meet to discuss the integrity agenda in sports.
The event will include the participation of delegates from the Civil and Federal Police, national sports managers, betting market operators, athletes, representatives from the Public Prosecutor's Office, regulatory bodies, and sports integrity companies.
The program includes panels on integrity in sports and betting, addressing regulation, prevention, monitoring, investigation, and technology, as well as the actions of athletes and operators in the sector. It also includes technical activities focused on public safety, with case studies and intelligence practices applied to combating the manipulation of sports results.
Legacy: State policy and permanent capacity
With the initiatives already implemented, Brazil is advancing in the consolidation of a permanent public policy based on integration, intelligence, and institutional coordination. This set of actions positions the country at a new level in protecting the integrity of sports, with a structured capacity to prevent, detect, and combat the manipulation of sports results in a continuous and coordinated manner.
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Agenda
⇒ April 28th
⇒ 10:00 AM: Opening – Giovanni Rocco , National Secretary of Sports Betting and Economic Development of Sport at the Ministry of Sport; 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 (SENASP/MJSP); Marcelo Stopanovski , Director of the Department of Asset Recovery, representing the National Secretariat of Justice (SENAJUS/MJSP); and Elena Abbati , Director of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) in Brazil.
⇒ 11:00 AM: Panel 1 — National Integrity Ecosystem in Sports Betting – Giovanni Rocco , National Secretary of Sports Betting and Economic Development of Sport at the Ministry of Sport; Fabio Macorin , Undersecretary of Monitoring and Supervision of the Prizes and Betting Secretariat of the Ministry of Finance; Felipe Leal , Federal Police Delegate; and Ana Cristina Braga , Civil Police Delegate of Amazonas and mobilized employee of the National Secretariat of Public Security (SENASP/MJSP).
⇒ 2:10 PM: Panel 14 — Shared Responsibility: Who Protects the Truth of Sport and the Unpredictability of the Result? – Iziane Marques , National Secretary of Sports Excellence of the Ministry of Sport and former athlete of the Brazilian national basketball team; Júlio Godoy , parabadminton athlete; Fábio Araujo , National Secretary of Paralympic Sport of the Ministry of Sport; and Eduardo Gussem , Integrity Officer of the Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF), moderated by Adriana Taboza , President of the Brazilian Anti-Doping Control Authority (ABCD).
⇒ 16 PM: Panel 3 — New Threats, New Responses: Technology, Betting, and Monitoring – Tiago Horta , Head of Integrity for Latin America at Genius Sports, moderated by Giovanni Rocco.
⇒ 17 PM: Panel 4 — Criminal Offenses Applicable to Match-Fixing – Ana Cristina Braga and Felipe Leal , Federal Police Delegate and Head of the Money Laundering and Asset Recovery Division of the Federal Police.
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⇒ April 29
⇒ 9:00 AM: Panel 5 — Regulation and Oversight of Fixed-Odds Betting – Fabio Macorin , Undersecretary for Monitoring and Oversight of the Prizes and Betting Secretariat of the Ministry of Finance.
⇒ Panel 6 — Data Processing by the SPA/MF and PF – André Wainer, Coordinator of Money Laundering Monitoring at the Prizes and Betting Secretariat of the Ministry of Finance, and Cristiano Lima Fagundes de Morais , Federal Police Agent and Head of the Strategic Management Unit of the Directorate for Combating Corruption and Organized Crime (DICOR/Federal Police).
⇒ At 11:00 AM – Panel 7 — The Role of Betting Operators in Preventing Match-Filing – Rafael Rabelo , Director of Integrity and Compliance at H2BET; Alexsandro Leite , Legal and Compliance Director at UX Group; and Guilherme Figueiredo , Director of the Brazilian Institute for Responsible Gaming (IBJR), moderated by Renato Resende , General Coordinator of Money Laundering and Related Crimes Monitoring at the Secretariat of Prizes and Betting of the Ministry of Finance.
⇒ 14:10 PM: Panel 8 — From Suspicion to Criminal Prosecution – Daniel Mostardeiro Cola , General Coordinator of Repression of Corruption, Financial Crimes and Money Laundering of the Federal Police; Tiago Fernando Correia , Civil Police Delegate of the State of São Paulo, Head of the 3rd Police Station for Combating Corruption and Money Laundering; and Paulo E. Penna Prado , Public Prosecutor of the Public Ministry of the State of Goiás, member of GAECO/Capital.
⇒ 16 PM: Panel 9 — Intelligence Reports on Match-Fixing – Marcus Vinícius Dantas , General Coordinator of Intelligence at the Directorate of Integrated Operations and Intelligence (Diopi/SENASP/MJSP), and Felipe Leal.
⇒ 16:30 PM – Panel 10 — Best Practices in Intelligence and Investigation Activities – Max Otto Ritter , Director of the Division for the Repression of Organized Criminal Actions of the Civil Police of the State of Rio Grande do Sul, and Gabriel Oliveira Bicca , Director of the Police Counterintelligence Division of the Intelligence and Strategic Affairs Office of the Civil Police of the State of Rio Grande do Sul.
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⇒ April 30th
Closed program – Investigative trails
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Service
2nd National Technical Meeting on Combating the Manipulation of Sports Results.
April 28th, from 9 AM to 17:30 PM.
Auditorium of the Ministry of Sport, Block A, Esplanade of Ministries.
On-site accreditation: Press: Mateus Baeta, Ministry of Sport (61) 98150-2112.
