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UK: 5.4 Million Drivers Have Driving License Points
July 01, 2012 - The UK insurance industry makes millions from speed cameras, while the Transport Minister uses a detector to avoid his own ticket cameras. Nearly five and a half million UK drivers have demerit points on their license according to a poll released today. If accurate, the British insurance industry would collect an estimated £375 million (US $650 million) from the increased insurance premiums charged to those with traffic tickets. Motorists pay this amount on top of the £135 million (US $230 million) they pay to government agencies for the tickets themselves. Direct Line commissioned the YouGov survey of 2430 adults. Just eight percent of license points came from tickets issued by a police officer. The rest coming fr...
Workplace Fraud In Canada Cost $3.2B
July 01, 2012 - A report has found that workplace fraud cost small businesses in Canada $3.2 billion last year. In addition, the report noted that roughl...
A Million Brits Go To Work High Every Day
July 01, 2012 - The use of narcotics has shot up by 43 per cent in just five years, according to analysis of almost 1.7million random tests in 856 British workplac...
How Many People Work In The USA And Are Still Poor?
June 01, 2012 - In 2011, the US Department of Labor reported at least 10 million people worked and were still below the unrealistic official US poverty line, an in...
Unemployment Spurs Background Check Scams
June 01, 2012 - Hundreds of desperate job seekers have paid £50 for a criminal records check to clinch a job that doesn't exist. Many turned up for t...
Metro Manila Courts Visited By Steven Brownstein
May 01, 2012 - This trip, May 2012, Steven Brownstein has so far visited these courts: Manila City Quezon City Makati City Paranaque City...
Americans Renounce Citizenship In Record Numbers
May 01, 2012 - A year ago, in Action Comics, Superman declared plans to renounce his U.S. citizenship. "'Truth, justice, and the American way' -...
Almost Half Of America Tried Pot
May 01, 2012 - The Netherlands, with its permissive marijuana laws, may be known as the cannabis capital of the world. But a survey published in PLoS Medicine, a...
Nigeria To Start National ID Registration
May 01, 2012 - The Nigerian Identity Management Commission (NIMC) will begin enrolling Nigerian citizens and legal residents into the Nigerian Identity Management...
USA Flubs - More Reasons To Do International Background Checks
May 01, 2012 - The percentage of undocumented deportees with criminal records diminished in the first quarter of the year, even though the U.S. government was spe...
Forcing Teen To Drop Virtual Objects In Online Game Was Real-World Theft
April 01, 2012 - The Dutch Supreme Court has ruled that forcing a 13-year-old boy to relinquish a virtual mask and amulet in an online game amounted to real-world t...
UK CRB News
April 01, 2012 - The cost of translation services We have received a request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 for the following: How much did the H...
35pc Of New Lawmakers Have Criminal Records (What's Your Hit Ratio?)
April 01, 2012 - NEW DELHI More than one-third of candidates elected in the just concluded state Assembly elections have criminal cases against them, with Uttar Pra...
Ontario's Highest Court Rules For World's Oldest Profession
April 01, 2012 - A ban on brothels puts prostitutes at risk and is unconstitutional, Ontario's top court has ruled, in a case that is expected to be appealed to...
Unaccredited, Even Fake, Colleges In India Add To Education Crisis
April 01, 2012 - After studying for two years to be a teacher, Anam Naqvi found out the degree her school offers is worthless. Now, instead of attending classes and...
Straightline International Represents Ontario, Quebec Criminal Record Searches
April 01, 2012 - Straightline International gets criminal records in Ontario and Quebec. Since the early part of this decade, Straightline International has bee...
Getting Customers to Pay -- Around the World
March 01, 2012 - "I was in the back of my Mitsubishi truck, in Dubai, when it hit me: We might never get paid for this job. Here's what I should have done...
Forcing Teen To Drop Virtual Objects In Online Game Was Real-World Theft
March 01, 2012 - The Dutch Supreme Court has ruled that forcing a 13-year-old boy to relinquish a virtual mask and amulet in an online game amounted to real-world t...
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