Law enforcement in Hungary
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Law enforcement in Hungary is split among the Police and Border Guards, and the Customs and Excise Authority. Since 2006, the Police has been subject to the Ministry of Justice, when the Ministry of I
National Police HQ in Budapest
TEK armored vehicle
Police station in the town of Kisbér
Police SUV at the Hungarian border to Serbia
State Protection Authority
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The State Protection Authority was the secret police of the People's Republic of Hungary from 1945 to 1956. The ÁVH was conceived as an external appendage of the Soviet Union's KGB in Hungary responsi
Law enforcement in Hungary
…they recognise any serious crimes are to call the National Police, but can levy fines and impede perpetrators until the arrival of the National Police. Államvédelmi Osztály (ÁVO) (State Protection Department) Államvédelmi Hatóság (ÁVH) (State Protection Authority…
House of Terror, the agency's headquarters
Protesters kicking the body of a slain ÁVH soldier