Brazil says it will use Interpol and financial tracing against offshore iGaming operators

The Lula government is moving beyond site blocking and into personal enforcement against people behind offshore iGaming platforms. For PSPs, that is the important part: Brazil is not only targeting domains, it is also naming payment rails, financial records, and international cooperation as part of the package.

1. In late September 2026, Brazilian authorities announced measures against platforms operating outside the country’s legal framework. President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said that registering a company outside Brazil does not make illegal activity untouchable, and that the government will identify the people involved, trace their money, and use international legal mechanisms to hold them accountable.
2. Since the temporary betting ban took effect, authorities have ordered the immediate blocking of more than 16,000 websites. That tells you the enforcement model has already moved well past one-off takedowns and into large-scale domain suppression, including mirror sites.
3. The Federal Police of Brazil (PF) has expanded its anti-iGaming structures, including dedicated units focused on illegal betting and match manipulation. In other words, this is now a police-and-financial-crime issue, not just an administrative one.
4. Brazil has also put its main domestic payment systems under restrictions for iGaming platforms: Pix, TED, and boleto. For operators and PSPs, that is the operational choke point. If those rails are off the table, the market becomes much harder to service legally or even semi-legally.
5. The government says it intends to identify organizers, managers, influencers, and counterparties involved in promoting gaming platforms in violation of the restrictions. Depending on the case, authorities may request international legal cooperation, obtain financial documents, determine suspects’ whereabouts, and take other procedural steps.

For payment providers, Brazil’s message is fairly plain: if a platform is outside the approved regime, the risk is no longer limited to blocked domains or frozen flows. The enforcement perimeter now includes the people behind the business and the payment data that connects them.