Ministry of Sports and Federal Police sign cooperation agreement to combat match-fixing

The Ministry of Sports and the Federal Police have signed a technical cooperation agreement to strengthen the fight against the manipulation of sports results in Brazil. The notice No. 149029053/2026 was published in the Federal Official Gazette (DOU) on Wednesday (11th). According to the document, the goal is to strengthen sporting integrity nationwide, through the improvement of mechanisms for preventing, identifying, reporting, and addressing match-fixing and other fraud that compromises the fairness, credibility, and unpredictability of sporting competitions. The actions will be carried out through institutional cooperation between the Ministry of Sports and the Federal Police, respecting the legal powers of each agency. In addition, the agreement will be in effect for 60 months from the date of signing. The document was signed on November 9, 2026, by the Minister of Sports, Paulo Henrique Perna Cordeiro, and by the Director-General of the Federal Police, Andrei Augusto Passos Rodrigues. See the full cooperation agreement below: Agency: Ministry of Sports/Office of the Minister NOTICE OF TECHNICAL COOPERATION AGREEMENT PF/MESP No. 149029053/2026 PARTIES: Ministry of Sports and the Federal Police. TYPE: Technical Cooperation Agreement PF/MESP No. 149029053/2026 – Case No. 71000.046614/2026-23 and 08200.022780/2026-41. PURPOSE: Strengthening sporting integrity nationwide, through the improvement of mechanisms for preventing, identifying, reporting, and addressing the manipulation of sports results and other fraud that undermines the fairness, credibility, and unpredictability of sporting competitions, through institutional cooperation between the Ministry of Sports and the Federal Police, in accordance with the legal powers of each party. TERM: 60 (sixty) months from the date of signing. DATE OF SIGNING: November 9, 2026. SIGNATORIES: PAULO HENRIQUE PERNA CORDEIRO, Minister of State for Sports, and ANDREI AUGUSTO PASSOS RODRIGUES, Director-General of the Federal Police. O post Ministry of Sports and Federal Police sign cooperation agreement to combat match-fixing apareceu primeiro em iGaming Brazil.