• Text Size
• Print
• Email

  From:
  

  To:
  

  Hey! Check out this news page: https://www.thebackgroundinvestigator.com/Articles/International-News/index.php.

  SendCancel

international news

• Perfect 10? Never Mind That. Ask Her for Her Credit Score

  January 15, 2013 - As she nibbled on strawberry shortcake, Jessica LaShawn, a flight attendant from Chicago, tried not to get ahead of herself and imagine this first date turning into another and another, and maybe, at some point, a glimmering diamond ring and happily ever after. She simply couldn’t help it, though. After all, he was tall, from a religious family, raised by his grandparents just as she was, worked in finance and even had great teeth. Her musings were suddenly interrupted when her date asked a decidedly unromantic question: “What’s your credit score?” “It was as if the music stopped,” Ms. LaShawn, 31, said, recalling how the date this year went so wrong so quickly after she tried to answer his...

• Not Enough Courts To Handle Rape Cases

  January 01, 2013 - With around 1,000 cases of rape pending in the trial courts, the plan to set up five fast-track courts to ensure speedy trials in cases of sexual o...

• Straightline International Has Over 100,000 Mumbai Arrest Records

  January 01, 2013 - Straightline International has compiled over 100,000 Mumbai arrest records over the last 5 years . "It is an unprecedented task," quo...

• New French Law - Test Yourself To See If You're Drunk

  December 26, 2012 - A new law has come into force in France making it compulsory for drivers to carry a breathalyser kit in their vehicles or risk an on-the-spot fine....

• France Says No To Youth, Driving, And Alcohol

  December 26, 2012 - Young drivers in France could break the law if they are found with any alcohol in their blood, in a new zero-tolerance approach to drink-driving be...

• Frankfurt Dubbed Germany's Crime Capital

  December 26, 2012 - Frankfurt has been declared the most dangerous city in Germany according to crime statistics, which apparently show the city had the largest number...

• Irish Nursing Registry Online

  December 24, 2012 - The An Bord Altranais, Irish Nursing Board,  offers a free online search of the Nursing Register.  The register holds details of all...

• One In Three Given Probation Convicted Again

  December 24, 2012 - More than one-third of offenders who received probation or community service in 2007 were convicted of a further offence within two years, the firs...

• Sex Criminal Register Does Not Work As A Deterrent: Report

  December 24, 2012 - Setting up an official register of sex offenders, as happens in the US and Britain, does not reduce the re-offending rate, a report for the Dutch j...

• Changes To (CPIC) Criminal Record Checks Coming In January

  December 19, 2012 - The RCMP are making changes to how much information will be dug up when it comes to doing basic criminal records in order to help speed up administ...

• How Many Courts Has Your International Vendor Visited?

  December 11, 2012 - Steven Brownstein is probably the most traveled to courts and judiciaries in history. If you're not using Straightline International you ar...

• What Is A Local Police Record Check In India?

  December 11, 2012 - by Steve Brownstein What is a local police check?   It is a check of a police station's records for an arrest at that station. Tha...

• Nigeria To Prosecute Fake Workers

  December 06, 2012 - The Government of Kano state, northwest Nigeria has identified 135 fake workers in the civil service. The Head of Service, Alhaji Umar Shehu Mi...

• 

  Happy Holidays From The Background Investigator

  December 04, 2012 -   Happy Holidays from the staff at The Background Investigator...

• Canadian Employees Stealing Like Crazy

  December 03, 2012 - Canadian retailers are losing about $4 billion a year to “shrinkage” — a loss of inventory caused by different sources such as th...

• Brits Can Have No Conviction But Criminal Record Haunts Them For 100 Years

  December 01, 2012 - Growing numbers of people are being turned down for jobs and university places because they accepted police cautions for minor offences without rea...

• Straightline International Improves Turnaround Time In Guam

  December 01, 2012 - Recently the Guam Superior Court announced staffing cuts in the Clerk's office which effectively delayed most criminal and court record retriev...

• National Crime Database Proposed In PI Congress

  December 01, 2012 - Nat’l crime database proposed in PI Congress A member of the Philippines House of Representatives has filed a bill calling for the creati...