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Employers urged to consider applicants with criminal records
May 28, 2015 - Scottish employers must do more to make sure individuals with criminal convictions are not excluded from the jobs market, a Scottish Government minister has urged. Minister for Community Safety and Legal Affairs, Paul Wheelhouse, warned those who have been through the justice system remain “one of the most marginalised groups in our labour market and, in fact, our society”. Wheelhouse was speaking at a summit in Edinburgh to coincide with the launch of a consultation on proposals to amend legislation governing the disclosure of offences by those with criminal convictions. Under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974, anyone sentenced to prison for over two-and-a-half...
Sex Offender Record Normally Public In Korea
May 27, 2015 - A district court has refused to make public personal information on a sexual offender who was sentenced to seven years of imprisonment for raping h...
Should South African offenders be able to dump their criminal records?
May 25, 2015 - “Should rehabilitated criminals have their records expunged?” asked News24 in a poll running on their website on Thursday. At time of w...
FBI Combats Child Sex Tourism
May 24, 2015 - The FBI has a task force to track down United States citizens who travel to foreign countries to have sex with children. The FBI refers to i...
San Juan Puerto Rico Update
May 23, 2015 - The changes to the Puerto Rico web page does not affect Straightline International,. Starightline’s XR2 search is much more...
Expanded Background Checks, Registration, and Gun Deaths at a 35-year high in Brazil
May 21, 2015 - Over the last 15 years, Brazil has instituted more and more gun control, including gun registration and criminal and mental background checks for g...
10 Pc Candidates With Criminal Records in Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation Polls: Report
May 20, 2015 - A sizable 10 per cent candidates contesting the Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation (NMMC) polls have criminal cases including murder, kidnapping reg...
Obama and Kate Brown discuss background check bill for gun sales
May 11, 2015 - Even presidents make small talk about the weather. When President Barack Obama stepped off Air Force One on Thursday and shook Gov....
Volunteers want State Government to fast-track changes to background checks
May 11, 2015 - Background checks in South Australia are valid for three years and must be manually updated or renewed. The Government is promising...
Fewer cab drivers face criminal counts
May 07, 2015 - The number of taxi drivers charged with criminal offences almost halved last year, but nearly 50 per cent of those facing allegations and convictio...
Foreign criminals data taken off police records
May 07, 2015 - Thousands of foreign criminals who have been convicted of offences outside England and Wales have had their DNA profiles and fingerprint details de...
Pakistan police to digitalize criminal records for centralized biometric database
May 06, 2015 - Pakistan’s Inspector General of Police (ICP) ordered the completion of the digitalization of criminal records at all police stations to ensur...
Nigerians with Criminal Records Likely to be Denied Visa
May 06, 2015 - Mogethi Monaisa, Consul-General, South African High Commission in Nigeria, on Monday said the commission sometimes denied issuance of its visas to...
New background-check requirement for high school referees
May 05, 2015 - In the coming months, nearly 8,000 high school referees will undergo criminal background checks to comply with a new statewide policy. ...
Straightline International -Your Puerto Rico Criminal Record Provider
May 03, 2015 - Use Straightline International in Puerto Rico for your background and pre-employment screening needs. Experiencing delays? Not with Straightlin...
Ganja Possession Cleared From Criminal Records In Jamaica
April 30, 2015 - Jamaican residents convicted of possessing or smoking small amounts of marijuana prior to October last year, will not have these convictions reflec...
Law Institute of Victoria says minor crimes should be wiped from records
April 29, 2015 - Less serious crimes should disappear from adults' criminal records a decade after they have been convicted, lawyers say. In all...
Forces rejecting recruits ‘due to parents’ criminal records
April 27, 2015 - The leader of Ukip in Northern Ireland has claimed that the army is rejecting some recruits based on their parents’ or grandparents’ cr...
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