State Surveillance and Defense Police
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State Surveillance and Defense Police Polícia de Vigilância e Defesa do Estado | |
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Abbreviation | PVDE |
Agency overview | |
Formed | 1933 |
Preceding agency |
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Dissolved | 1945 |
Superseding agency | PIDE |
Jurisdictional structure | |
National agency | Portugal |
Operations jurisdiction | Portugal |
Governing body | Government of Portugal |
General nature | |
Specialist jurisdiction |
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The State Surveillance and Defense Police (Polícia de Vigilância e Defesa do Estado) (PVDE) was a police force of the Portuguese State, which operated between 1933 and 1945. The PVDE was responsible for border surveillance, control of foreigners, immigration control, and state security.
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