Brazil’s anti-money-laundering forum has set its 2027 agenda, and it targets crypto crime, illegal betting and bank fraud.
Published Saturday, 14 November 2026, 1:00 p.m. ET · Source: Brazil’s Ministry of Justice and Public Security notes of 9 and 13 November 2026
Brazil’s national anti-money-laundering forum has chosen crypto-asset crime, money laundering through illegal fixed-odds betting (known in Brazil as “bets”) and digital bank fraud as priorities for 2027. The choice came at the close of the 24th plenary of ENCCLA, the National Strategy against Corruption and Money Laundering, held in Rio de Janeiro from Monday, 9 November, to Thursday, 12 November 2026.
ENCCLA is a forum of about 90 bodies from the executive, legislature, judiciary and prosecution service, created in 2003 and coordinated by Brazil’s Ministry of Justice and Public Security. Crypto exchanges, payment companies and betting operators work in the areas it names, so the agenda is worth a read for anyone with business in Brazil.
What We Know
The ministry says the plenary set 2027 priorities across several fronts. They include crypto assets, illegal fixed-odds betting (known in Brazil as “bets”), digital bank fraud, asset recovery (tracing and seizing the proceeds of crime), companies tied to organised crime, counter-intelligence (protecting sensitive state information), whistleblower protection, sanctions against terrorism financing and forfeiture of assets without a criminal conviction.
Members had proposed 84 initiatives, and eight were pre-selected for the plenary to consider. The ministry’s National Justice Secretariat (Senajus) and its Department of Asset Recovery and International Legal Cooperation (DRCI) coordinate the process.
The Three Targets Closest to Markets
On crypto assets, the plan is to strengthen a national system to prevent their use in illegal activity. Planned work includes a national risk diagnosis, a catalogue of criminal methods and warning signs, and a national reference for classifying virtual assets.
On betting, agencies will map how they share information on money laundering linked to illegal fixed-odds betting. They will look for gaps, overlaps and delays in oversight and investigation.
On bank fraud, the plan is to strengthen the National Alliance against Digital Bank Fraud, an existing anti-fraud partnership, with common standards, ways to share information and a catalogue of warning signs. A separate item would consolidate national indicators of how well asset-recovery measures work into one strategic dashboard.
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What the Minister Said
In the ministry’s account of the closing session, Justice Minister Wellington César Lima e Silva said criminal liability is indispensable. But if the resources and financing of a criminal group stay intact, he said, the group will quickly rebuild its capacity.
The same theme runs through the asset-recovery items and the forfeiture proposal, which aims to improve the state’s ability to prepare and monitor seizures without a criminal conviction. The ministry says this must respect the role of the judiciary.
Why It Matters
ENCCLA produces guidance, not laws: its planned outputs are diagnoses, catalogues, guidelines, studies and proposals for legislation or regulation. Since 2003 it has produced more than 350 actions, and the ministry’s notes list planned outputs for 2027 without dates.
For crypto exchanges, payment firms and betting operators that serve Brazil, the plan includes a crypto risk diagnosis and warning-sign catalogues for crypto and bank fraud, plus a review of how agencies share information on betting-linked laundering. It also calls for a study of legal and regulatory changes to address integrity risks from companies linked to organised crime.
What It Means for You
If you hold crypto on a platform that serves Brazilians, or invest in a Brazilian payments or betting company, treat this as a signal to watch, not a rule that changes anything overnight. Nothing in the ministry’s notes sets a deadline or a penalty.
What Is Not Known
The ministry gave no dates for any of the 2027 outputs. It attributed the forfeiture proposal to the DRCI, and it did not say what any legislative proposals will contain.
We found no published figure for how much money the three topics involve. We also found no published deadline for any of the outputs.
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