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Private tutors 'must face criminal records checks'
July 19, 2016 - All self-employed tutors should be legally required to have a criminal records check before they can offer private lessons to children in the UK, children's charity the NSPCC says. A current loophole means self-employed tutors do not have to undergo Disclosure and Barring Service checks. The NSPCC says this loophole creates an "ideal scenario" for "any predatory adult seeking to harm children". The Home Office said it would "carefully consider" the comments. Teachers working in schools must have a DBS check, which looks for criminal records and ensures they have not been banned from working with children or suspended from the profession. &nb...
More than 13,000 foreign criminals awaiting deportation from UK
June 17, 2016 - The figure, which includes thousands of European citizens, reveals 'clear inefficiencies' in the process of sending foreign offenders back...
MEPs urges others to share criminal records of non-EU nationals
June 16, 2016 - The European Criminal Records Information System (ECRIS), which EU countries use to exchange information on the criminal convictions of EU citi...
Ministers of European Parliament seek better information sharing of criminal records for EU national
June 10, 2016 - Civil Liberties Committee Ministers of European Parliament (MEP) on Tuesday called for the addition of non-European Union (EU) nationals to the Eur...
Criminal records system computerized in Jamaica
June 07, 2016 - The Jamaica Constabulary Force’s (JCF) criminal records system is now computerized at a cost of approximately $98.1 million. E...
German Crime Figures May Raise Voter Security Fears
May 27, 2016 - Germany recorded a sharp rise in a range of criminal offenses last year, a development that could add to voters’ mounting concerns about secu...
Colombia’s Record Cocaine Haul
May 20, 2016 - Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos said authorities seized nearly 8 tons of cocaine that were hidden on a banana plantation in Turbo, calling t...
US redesignates N. Korea as 'country of particular concern'
April 27, 2016 - U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry has redesignated North Korea as a "country of particular concern" (CPC) for suppressing religious free...
It is no surprise siblings with past crimes carried out attacks on Brussels
April 22, 2016 - The news that two siblings – Khalid, 27, and Ibrahim el-Bakraoui, 29 - were responsible for the explosions at Brussels airport and a metro st...
Thousands of Chinese taxi app drivers found with criminal records
April 05, 2016 - Southern Chinese authorities have uncovered that thousands of drivers working for ride-hailing apps, such as Didi Kuaidi and Uber, have criminal re...
Bethlehem waiting to ask job seekers about criminal records
March 14, 2016 - Come March 14, Bethlehem no longer will ask each job applicant up front about a criminal record. That information, however, will be...
Corra Group Adds International Employment Screening Background Checks for Quicker Returns to the H
February 26, 2016 - Corra Group has increased its sources for international background checks to help assure quicker turnaround in the healthcare industry. As more hos...
Singapore criminal records could be shared with overseas law enforcement agencies
February 02, 2016 - Under the Act, particulars of criminals such as their fingerprints, photographs and DNA information are captured in the Register of Criminals. It i...
Criminal records checks 'unlawful' and 'arbitrary' rules High Court
January 28, 2016 - Mandatory pre-employment criminal record checks have been ruled unlawful in the UK, following a ruling today in the High Court. Lord...
Examples of how the law persecuted women in 1930s Australia
January 05, 2016 - A woman jailed for bigamy and another blamed when her lover shot her husband dead, explained as follows: The Public Record Office of...
Philippines out of list of deadliest for journalists
January 01, 2016 - For the first time since 2007, the Philippines is not on the list of the “World’s Most Deadly Countries for Journalists.” &nb...
Athletics Canada updates criminal record check policy in wake of oversight
December 24, 2015 - Athletics Canada has changed its policy on criminal record checks after discovering that the father and part-time coach of world champion pole vaul...
Tashfeen Malik reportedly passed background checks despite questionable social media posts
December 14, 2015 - Tashfeen Malik, who along with her husband killed 14 people in Southern California, reportedly passed three background checks by American officials...
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