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The International and State Defense Police (; PIDE) 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 border, immigration and emigration control and internal and external state security. Over time, it came to be known for its secret police activities.

Serviço de Informações de Segurança

Portuguese government intelligence agency

Serviço de Informações Estratégicas de Defesa

Portuguese Foreign strategic intelligence agency

Sistema de Informações da República Portuguesa

Portuguese intelligence service

General Directorate for Security

Portuguese criminal police body active between 1969 and 1974