Financial Guard

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A Financial Guard is the name of some civilian or military police forces responsible for enforcing financial laws such as taxation or customs. It may refer to:

  • Financial Guard (Austria), an Austrian civilian police force under the authority of the Ministry of Finance
  • Guardia di Finanza, an Italian military police force under the authority of the Minister of Economy and Finance
  • Financial Guard (Romania), a former control agency, subordinated to the Romanian Ministry of Economy and Finance
  • Guarda Fiscal, a former Portuguese special military force, under the authority of the Ministry of Finance
  • Finanční stráž - Czechoslovak descendant of the Austro-Hungarian Financial Guard, active 1918-1939 and 1945–1949.
  • Finančná stráž - Financial Guard of the Slovak Republic 1939–1945.
  • Vám- és Pénzügyőrség - Hungarian Customs and Finance Guard