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• Regulations automatically removing criminal record for Ganja

  March 04, 2015 - Regulations guaranteeing automatic removal of an offender’s criminal record for convictions relating to the smoking or possession of small quantities of ganja, are currently being drafted by the Ministry of Justice and should be ready next week.      This is one of several key provisions being facilitated under the Criminal Records (Rehabilitation of Offenders) (Amendment) Act 2014, which came into effect in October last year.   Providing details of this development, Portfolio Minister, Senator Mark Golding, informed that the Regulations are expected to be ready for him to sign by next week, after which they will be brought to Parliament to be approved.   The Minister was addressing...

• Chris Brown denied entry to Canada due to criminal record

  February 27, 2015 - Chris Brown tweeted Tuesday that he's been denied entry into Canada and that his concerts in Montreal and Toronto have been canceled.  ...

• Background checks proposed for Alaska psychologists

  February 27, 2015 - Alaska psychologists could be required to undergo a background check under a proposed change to the licensing process.   The Senate La...

• Call to wipe criminal records of 18-35 year olds

  February 26, 2015 - In a statement, the movement "pleaded" with the state and the Department of Justice to consider removing the names of "young people...

• Digitized record of arms licences soon in India

  February 25, 2015 - Chhattisgarh government has initiated digitization of records of arms licences under the National Database of Arms Licence (NDAL) to curb illegal a...

• Prosecutor to put job-related criminal record online

  February 24, 2015 - China’ top prosecuting body, the Supreme People's Procuratorate has vowed to improve the online database of people convicted of bribery t...

• Europe poves expanded background checks useless

  February 23, 2015 - While Democrats, Gabby Giffords, and groups like Moms Demand Action claim that expanding background checks would end mass shootings, The Washington...

• Onfido to help automate the process of background checks

  February 23, 2015 - As more services move on-demand, and as more businesses that rely on on-demand workers go global, there’s a growing need for companies in the...

• Toronto police criminal-background check backlog puts thousands of jobs and studies in limbo

  February 19, 2015 - A “catastrophic” backlog in Toronto police background checks for students, health professionals and other workers could grow worse if t...

• Reliable Rides in Nairobi With Launch of Uber

  February 19, 2015 - After much speculation Uber, the international smartphone app that seamlessly connects riders to drivers, has launched in Nairobi, Kenya.  ...

• TSA seizes record 2,212 firearms in 2014

  February 18, 2015 - When packing your carry-on luggage, don’t forget to remove your gun.   Unless you’ve got permission, not remembering could...

• 20% of population in the Cayman Isles has a criminal conviction

  February 16, 2015 - About 20 per cent of the Cayman Islands population, (10,067 persons), has a criminal conviction according to a Royal Cayman Islands Police Service...

• Shimla police gets crime tracking system for effective policing

  February 13, 2015 - For having an effective and advanced policing system, police here (Shimla, Himachal Pradesh) has launched a crime tracking system that will enable...

• Govt focuses on checking those with criminal past

  February 12, 2015 - The government is planning several measures to check the ones with criminal records, particularly the Rohingyas, from landing jobs in Saudi Arabia....

• Online Records Can Serve as Evidence in Civil Cases: China Top Court

  February 09, 2015 - Information stored in electronic media, such as online conversation records, blogging, texting and even electronic signatures, can serve as evidenc...

• Montreal taxi drivers stalled by new background check rules

  February 09, 2015 - Some Montreal taxi drivers say long waits for criminal background checks are leaving them unable to drive their cabs.   The new rules,...

• Attorney general says EU criminal database will help stop offenders entering the UK on visit to Nort

  February 06, 2015 - The UK is doing all it can to prevent foreign criminals entering the country – the attorney general said on a visit to Northampton today &nda...

• Health practitioners face new international criminal history check

  February 05, 2015 - The international criminal history of nurses, midwives and allied health professionals will go under the microscope for the first time.  ...