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(Encyclopedia) GPU: see secret police.Cheka
(Encyclopedia) Cheka: see secret police.KGB
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(Encyclopedia) MVD: see secret police.NKVD
(Encyclopedia) NKVD: see secret police.OGPU
(Encyclopedia) OGPU: see secret police.Interpol
(Encyclopedia) Interpol, acronym for the International Criminal Police Organization, a worldwide clearinghouse for police information. Conceived in 1914, Interpol was formally established in 1923…Black Hand
(Encyclopedia) Black Hand, symbol and name for a criminal and terroristic secret society, and especially associated with the Mafia and the Camorra. The Black Hand flourished in Sicily in the late…Vidocq, Eugène François
(Encyclopedia) Vidocq, Eugène FrançoisVidocq, Eugène Françoisûzhĕnˈ fräNswäˈ vēdôkˈ [key], 1775–1857, French detective. After a career of crime for which he had been imprisoned, he joined the Paris…Regina
(Encyclopedia) ReginaReginarĭjīˈnə [key], city (1991 pop. 179,178), provincial capital, S Sask., Canada, on Wascana Creek. The city is the distribution and service center for one of the world's…Trending
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