Brazil's Finance Minister Fernando Haddad attends a meeting of the Committee on Agriculture, Livestock, Supply and Rural Development of the Chamber of Deputies in Brasilia, Brazil September 24, 2025. REUTERS/Adriano Machado

BRASILIA (Reuters) -Brazil's government will seek a cooperation agreement with the U.S. to fight money laundering and the illegal export of weapons, Finance Minister Fernando Haddad told reporters on Thursday.

Haddad said U.S.-based funds are being used for money laundering and to disguise foreign investments in Brazil, after a high-profile police operation in the fuel sector uncovered entities incorporated in Delaware.

(Reporting by Marcela AyresEditing by Alexandra Hudson)