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Canadian Courts Grapple With CPIC Data
February 01, 2011 - An Ontario judge’s ruling has disclosed what one Crown prosecutor calls a “major problem” with criminal record files held by the Canadian Police Information Centre that are routinely out of date and have been backlogged for periods of up to a year and a half. The ruling by Ontario Court Justice David Fairgrieve, highlighted in the Law Society of Upper Canada’s Ontario Reports publication comes amid continuing controversy surrounding the pardon and criminal record status of a convicted sex offender. Fairgrieve’s ruling reveals that records of 11 convictions and sentencing decisions for John Horne going back to October 2007 hadn’t yet been entered on CPIC by the time Horne pleaded guilty to three...
Lack Of Marriage Records Aids Rise In Chinese Bigamy
February 01, 2011 - China's increasingly mobile society has seen a significant increase in the number of people taking second spouses, and the illegal practice of...
EU And USA Negotiate New Personal Data Protection Regulations
February 01, 2011 - The European Union (EU) and the US are set to embark on a data-protection agreement that will see a unified fight against terrorism and crime, as w...
Cairo And Alexandria, Egypt Court Record Searches Are Temporarily Suspended
February 01, 2011 - Straightline International announces the disruption of court record retrieval and access services in Cairo and Alexandria, Egypt. Th...
Straightline International Provides Background Checks To Brazil
February 01, 2011 - Straightline International provides expert criminal and court record research in Brazil. Straightline's accurate service, enhanc...
UK Shutting Down Courts
January 01, 2011 - The UK government has revealed that 93 magistrates' courts are to be closed in England and Wales. Justice Minister Jonathan Djanogly also s...
Straightline International Offers Free Services Online
January 01, 2011 - You can get Straightline International’s pricing and turn around times online—and it’s free! Most likely, the industry&...
Criminal RCMP Background Checks Taking Forever' In Canada
January 01, 2011 - With the holidays coming up, Janet Adams was looking to supplement her income from her part-time job. So she landed a second gig driving a taxi....
Half Of Large Canadian Companies Hit By Employee Fraud Attempts
January 01, 2011 - A recent survey finds that 48 percent of executives at large Canadian companies said that workers have attempted to defraud their organizations, wh...
Firm Fined 5,000
January 01, 2011 - A Canadian federal court judge is ordering a credit agency to pay a man $5,000 for wrongly giving him a bad credit report, the first time damages h...
Ohio Governor Prohibits Offshoring For Public Services
January 01, 2011 - Ohio Governor Ted Strickland has issued an executive order that prohibits the expenditure of public funds for services provided offshore and beyond...
Firms Lose More to Electronic Than Physical Theft: Kroll
January 01, 2011 - The risk consultancy company, Kroll Inc., has released a report on fraud trends around the world. The report found that for the first time ever...
The Background Investigator Goes To Argentina
January 01, 2011 - In a continuing series, The Background Investigator, sends its attorneys or experts to various countries around the world to explore the justi...
Ukraine: Access to Information Law Adopted
January 01, 2011 - The Ukrainian parliament has adopted an Access to Information Law following a campaign by ARTICLE 19 and partners over the past two years. &nbs...
Work After Prison - One-Year Findings
January 01, 2011 - by Joyce Foundation More than 2 million people are incarcerated in the United States, and around 700,000 are released from prison each year....
Important Notice From Scotland Disclosure
January 01, 2011 - There are many attempts by USA companies through UK screening firms to order online Basic Disclosures. This is quite improper as The Scot...
Background Check Firms Find Zero Hit Ratio With Local Police Search In India
January 01, 2011 - One joke in India is you can find a criminal record on any politician but you can not find one on an job applicant or employee. Why's that?...
Straightline Provides Document Retrieval In Saipan And Guam
January 01, 2011 - Steven Brownstein provides the fastest and the only local public record access service to Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands. Based in Saipa...
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