State Surveillance and Defense Police
| State Surveillance and Defense Police Polícia de Vigilância e Defesa do Estado | |
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| Abbreviation | PVDE |
| Agency overview | |
| Formed | 1933 |
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| Dissolved | 1945 |
| Superseding agency | PIDE |
| Jurisdictional structure | |
| National agency | Portugal |
| Operations jurisdiction | Portugal |
| Governing body | Government of Portugal |
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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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