Brazil
The word ton-ton is not english. I have come across the word in "Ton-ton Macoute", in Haitian French. They seemed to be a cross between secret police, thugs and practitioners of Voodoo. They were dedicated to preserving the dictatorship of "Papa-doc Duvalier". This creole Haitian word is a copy of the French "Tonton", a nickname for "uncle" (we could say it is the masculine equivalent of "Auntie")
GeStaPo (Geheime Staatspolizei -> Secret State Police)
The secret police were the Gestapo's.
Gestapo was Adolf Hitler's Nazis Germany's name for their secret police.
GeStaPo (Geheime Staatspolizei -> Secret State Police)
They may have had a secret police, but there has been no evidence.
Germany's secret police were the "SS". 2nd world war Germany's secret police was " Gestapo " you can pronounce like gastapo.
it was a secret police organized by Ivan the terrible
Bulldog Drummond's Secret Police was created in 1939.
The Kempei Tai were the Imperial Japanese Army secret police. The Tokkei Tai were the Navy secret police and the Tokko Keitsatsu were the civilian secret police.
A leader sends secret police to spy on citizens suspected of not supporting him.