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Top 10 Violent Secret Police Groups
People trust police and believe its main role is to protect them from any threats. Most of the times, it is true, and policemen protects civilians against any criminal. Unfortunately, there are also situations when governments, when they are led by dictators, they form secret police groups. They fight with any resistance groups, and carry out paranoia between citizens. If you are curious about this type of police groups, here is the top 10 secret police groups from around the world. So let’s start with number 10-Agentes in Rebus.
10. Agentes in Rebus
In Latin, this group is named “Those involved in affairs”, and it is actually the successor of “Frumentarii”, an ancient police group from Roman times. At their origins, this group was dealing mainly with carrying information, but their power grew, and they started to commit crimes. Lately, the Agentes in Rebus started to be feared by the citizens, and they could be found in any street corner, supervising the empire. Even the emperor started to fear of their power, so they were annihilated.
9. 5th Constabulary Security Unit (CSU)
This secret police group was formed in the Philippines, under Ferdinand Marcos. The group was led by General Fidel Ramos. Later, he turned against Marcos, and was considered a hero due to his acts in the 1986 EDSA People Power Revolution. The group was well known for torture, especially for psychological methods. Some rumors even say they learned the torture methods from the CIA. They were really feared by the public, so they had to rename themselves, but after the revolution, the entire group was disbanded.
8. Central Office of Banditry Repression
This group was created in the late ‘90s, in the Central African Republic, and it evolved into a secret police group. Also, they were considered an intelligent force, and they started to conduct executions for bandits, even without evidences. The groups started to apply their own rules, and not only once bit people nearly to death. They even had their own torture method, called “The café”, which involved using a baton or a stick to beat victim’s feet. Then they were forcing the prisoners to walk, creating incredible pains.
7. Greek Military Police (ESA)
The ESA was formed in the 1950s, but it became an organization only in 1967, after the military group took control over Greece. The group is well known for brutality and torture methods. They even implemented a new training, which allowed the recruits to use violence against prisoners, all in order to bet them use with brutality. The group was led by Dimitrios Ioannidis, one of the main members of the junta, who had the motto: “He who enters here exists fried on cripple”.
6. Jinyiwei
This group was formed during the Ming Dynasty, in the 13th century. At the beginning, it was only a group of bodyguards for the emperor, led by Zhu Yuanzhang. They wanted to keep away any enemy. After a decade, the group became to act in public, getting more and more power. The citizens were scared about it. They conducted massive operation, interrogating thousands of people suspected to be criminals or rebels. More than 15.000 were executed by Jinyiwei.
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