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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 council. According to the IDF, 3.8 percent of male recruits last year had criminal records or committed crimes before their military service, while only 0.3 percent of female recruits had records. Most of the offenses range from drug offenses and theft to violent crimes. However, there are also cases in which the army takes recruits convicted of more serious crimes, including sex offenses. The latter was revealed during the investigation of a recent sexual assault case at Hatzerim, an Israel Air Force base. It came to light that the soldier accused of raping two fe...
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...
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 min...
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. ...
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