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International Criminal Court has spent $1 billion but managed only two convictions in 10 years
December 04, 2015 - The International Criminal Court was established to take on crimes against humanity that transcend the kinds of investigations that domestic justice systems can perform. But a record of two convictions in 10 years at a cost of $1 billion has caused many scholars to doubt that a permanent court has made the world a safer place enough to offset the effect on U.S. sovereignty. A panel of international law specialists took up those topics in an hourlong discussion Sunday to kick off The Washington Times Ronald Reagan Thought Leadership Series, at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, California. “The Hollow Hope of the International Criminal Court — A Look at Its Recor...
National background checks to be required for those who work with senior citizens
December 01, 2015 - They are among our most vulnerable citizens, but recently outgoing Gov. Steve Beshear took action to help ensure the safety of senior citizens....
Records of reported thefts in Taipei published online
October 13, 2015 - The Taipei City Government on Tuesday added theft crimes to its public online database in an effort to alert citizens, neighborhood watch groups an...
Criminal background no bar: 99 tainted candidates in fray in Bihar
September 28, 2015 - Guns and goons have played a key role in Bihar’s politics for decades. As the eastern state heads to the polls next month, outlaws with itchy...
Uber, Lyft and similar services get clearance to operate at National and Dulles airports
September 25, 2015 - Officials with the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority on Wednesday approved new rules for popular-app based ride-sharing services such as U...
Agents say just 40 percent of U.S.-Mexico border under control
September 18, 2015 - Less than half of the U.S.-Mexico border is under “operational control,” and one out of every five illegal immigrants caught there has...
International Survey: One in Four Say They Have Exaggerated the Truth to Get Hired
August 28, 2015 - First Advantage, a Symphony Technology Group (STG) company and the leading global provider of background screening analytics and identity solutions...
Thailand's Education Ministry Orders Mandatory Criminal Background Checks For Foreign Teachers
July 07, 2015 - Education Ministry official finally announced Monday, that all School administrators have been instructed to run background checks on foreigners ap...
Feds shut down background check database over flaw
July 03, 2015 - The federal personnel agency whose records were plundered by hackers linked to China announced on Monday the temporary shutdown of a massive databa...
Tens of thousands of foreign criminals arrested in UK have police records in their own country
July 01, 2015 - Nearly 30,000 foreigners arrested in Britain over the past year turned out to have police records in their own country. And that&rsq...
India education minister to face court over fake degree
June 26, 2015 - A Delhi court agreed on Wednesday to hear a complaint alleging that India’s education minister lied about her college degree, triggering call...
Croydon Council set to end blanket criminal records checks for elected officials
June 22, 2015 - Councillors in Croydon will no longer be automatically subject to criminal records checks under plans being considered by the council. ...
Director of Corporate Enforcement secures convictions
June 19, 2015 - Nineteen criminal convictions for breaches of the Companies Act were secured in the District Court last year, following investigations by the Offic...
U.S. frees hundreds of Cuban criminals because Havana won’t take them back
June 18, 2015 - Hundreds of Cuban criminals are released onto the streets of the U.S. every year because that nation won’t take them back — even though...
Israeli army recruits thousands of soldiers with criminal records
June 16, 2015 - Thousands of Israel Defense Forces soldiers have criminal records, but only a few dozen of them seek to have their records expunged by a military c...
New law to keep mental health, non-criminal info from appearing in police background checks
June 09, 2015 - The Ontario government has released official details about their move to keep non-criminal information collected by police private. ...
5,700 people await criminal record pardons due to federal backlog
June 04, 2015 - Backlogs at the federal level have left about 5,700 people hanging in limbo as they wait for pardons to clear their criminal records. ...
New background check restrictions put a twist in privacy watchdog’s case against police
June 01, 2015 - Ontario’s privacy commissioner is re-evaluating his court case against Toronto police over disclosing suicide attempts in records shared with...
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