PIDE
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The International and State Defense Police was a Portuguese security agency that existed during the Estado Novo regime of António de Oliveira Salazar. Formally, the main roles of the PIDE were the bor
Vila Algarve in November 2011, the former headquarters of PIDE in Mozambique, at Lourenço Marques (presently Maputo).
Secret police
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Secret police are police, intelligence or security agencies that engage in covert operations against a government's political, ideological or social opponents and dissidents. Secret police organizatio
PIDE
…roles of the PIDE were the border, immigration and emigration control and internal and external state security. Over time, it came to be known for its secret police activities. The agency that would later become the PIDE was established by the Decree-Law 22992 of August 1933, as the State Surveillance and Defense…
A machine used by the East German Ministry for State Security to re-glue envelopes after mail had been opened for examination