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4. Special Units:
Guarda Fiscal (Fiscal Brigade) (also known as Treasury Police) Headquartered in Lisbon, a border control force of 8,500 charged with customs inspections and the collection of import duties. In addition, they investigated smuggling, tax evasion, and illegal financial transactions, particularly those involving import-export businesses and currency exchange. Most of its uniformed and plainclothes police are stationed at frontier crossing points, ports, and terminals of entry. Their monitoring of entries and departures by foreigners also produced a flow of information needed by internal security agencies. The Policia Maritimo (Maritime Police) has functions similar to a [[coast guard]]. The Guarda Fiscal covers all of the Portuguese territory to include [[Azores|the Azores]] and [[Madeira]]),
Brigada de Trânsito, (Transit Brigade) a [[Highway patrol]]
5. [[Portuguese Military Academy|School of the Guard]];
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The National Republican Guard is commanded by a [[Lieutenant General]] and the [[Brigade]]s are commanded by [[Major General]]s. The [[Brigade]]s include Groups (commanded by [[Lieutenant Colonel]]s), Detachments (commanded by Captains), Sub-Detachments (commanded by Junior officers) and Posts (commanded by Sergeants or Corporals).
The National Republican Guard is organized into battalions stationed in the major cities and companies and sections in district capitals and smaller communities. Highway patrols were conducted by a separate Traffic Brigade and by rural units of the GNR.
==History==
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