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)

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