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April Background Checks: Strong Numbers Continue
May 09, 2017 - The FBI released National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) data this week and the numbers tell an interesting story. There were just over two million NICS checks last month (2,045,564 to be exact). While some who write headlines for a living may want you to believe we’re in a “funk” in firearms sales since President Obama left the White House, that shortsighted view neglects to consider that April 2017 was the second busiest April ever for NICS and the 21st busiest month of all time. There were only about 100,000 fewer background checks last month than in April 2016. That is pretty good, especially when one considers that the greatest firearms...
Young people’s criminal records ‘should be wiped at 25’
April 19, 2017 - Young people’s criminal records should be wiped once they reach 25, the former chair of the Workplace Relations Commission has said. &nbs...
China Credit Reports
April 18, 2017 - The Supreme People’s Court has a memorandum with the People’s Bank of China allowing the records of loan defaulters to be shared with f...
Canada Has No Plans To Clear Existing Criminal Records For Pot Possession
April 17, 2017 - The Canadian government has no plans to expunge the criminal records of people convicted of marijuana possession, despite tabling a bill Thursday t...
Criminal Checks ‘Gone Mad’
April 06, 2017 - The number of volunteers forced to get criminal record checks has soared to the highest level for four years, despite government pledges to halve t...
Criminal records for plagiarism might be a good thing
April 04, 2017 - Problem of plagiarism is under-addressed, and more consequences are needed A criminal record is nothing to joke about. They follow y...
RCMP on Parliament Hill want fingerprints, background checks on reporters
March 28, 2017 - Journalists who want access to Parliament Hill may soon have to undergo fingerprinting and criminal background checks by the RCMP. J...
No Liquor Licence For People With Criminal Records in Goa
March 27, 2017 - The Goa Excise Department on Wednesday said that starting next month, licence to sell liquor would not be granted to persons with criminal backgrou...
Criminal record check fees raised in new bylaw
March 24, 2017 - In Canada, criminal record checks are performed by policing agencies like the RCMP as a requirement for certain jobs, volunteer positions, adoption...
Americans Overseas Are Not Who They Say They Are
March 22, 2017 - Do you know that a red flag goes up in everyone's mind when a mainland person comes here to Saipan to work. Sometimes they're not exac...
Lower Prices Coming for Criminal Record Searches Australia
March 17, 2017 - Coming Soon ! Lower prices in Australia. Straightline International has been negotiating pricing and terms for everyone's b...
University students could be fined or handed criminal records for plagiarised essays, new proposals
March 10, 2017 - University students who buy essays online face fines and a criminal record under plans to punish plagiarism being considered by the government....
Sweden- "We've Got Nothing To Hide"
March 03, 2017 - According to the Swedish National Council for Crime Prevention’s Swedish Crime Survey, some 13 per cent of the population were the victim of...
UK - No Evidence Needed To Report Transphobic Hate Crime
March 01, 2017 - The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has held a “public consultation” and issued “revised” guidelines on “hate crimes&...
Top UK Academic Calls for Sex Offenders-Style 'Hate Crime Register
February 28, 2017 - Head of Durham University Law School Professor Thom Brooks has told a Commons inquiry that people found guilty of committing ‘hate crimes&rsq...
In Britain, Criminal Records Dog Offenders For Decades
February 27, 2017 - About 17 years ago, Mrs P received a caution for stealing a sandwich. She also stole a 99p book, for which she was prosecuted. Homeless and sufferi...
Privacy Law In The UK - Retention Of Personal Data
February 23, 2017 - Principle 5 requires you to retain personal data no longer than is necessary for the purpose you obtained it for. This principle has close l...
Amsterdam to hire more young people with criminal records
February 23, 2017 - The Amsterdam city council adopted a proposal made by the D66, PvdA and GroenLinks to limit the certificate of good behavior rule at some jobs in t...
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