What is "carlingue"

The Carlingue (or French Gestapo ) were French auxiliaries who worked for the Gestapo, Sicherheitsdienst and Geheime Feldpolizei during the occupation of France in the Second World War. The group, which was based at 93, rue Lauriston in the 16th arrondissement of Paris, was active between 1941 and 1944. It was founded by Pierre Bonny, a corrupt ex-policeman. Later it was jointly led by Henri Lafont and Pierre Loutrel, two professional criminals that had been active in the French underworld before the war. Like the paramilitary Milice, a large cadre of the group were recruited from criminal elements within French society.