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- What’s the Difference? Criminal Indictments, Inf
  What’s the Difference? Criminal Indictments, Informations, and Complaints In a criminal case—especially complex white-collar matters—an indictment, an inf...
- Checkr Surpasses HireRight In Terms of Annual Reve
  In the background check industry, Checkr has recently surpassed HireRight in terms of annual revenue. While HireRight was historically the larger firm due to its enterprise focus and...
- "THE ALGORITHM MADE IT UP: CFPB Warns CRAs That 'A
  "AI is supposed to make background checks faster, but in 2025, 'hallucinations' are making them more dangerous. If your AI is inventing criminal records to fill in the gaps,...
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INTERNATIONAL NEWS
- Yes, There is a Standard for Searching Single-Nam
  When conducting a background check or a court record search for a subject with only a single name (a mononym), standard search procedures often fail because the system is bui...
- Argentina - What Criminal Records Must be Searched
  Argentina does not maintain a single, unified public criminal register. Criminal history originates at courts of first instance, where cases are formally charged, tried, and resolved....
- Spain — Which Court Keeps the Case Docket?
  Spain — Which Court Keeps the Case Docket? ???? CRIMINAL CASES ✅ Primary Record Holder (Case Docket) English: Investigating Court Spanish:...
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NATIONAL NEWS
- Ethics, Risks, and Liability of the The Record Re
  If your record provider is giving you "compliance advice" on what you should or shouldn't report, you aren't just getting a tip—you might be opening a massive lega...
- Schedule III Marijuana: The DOT and Federal Testin
  Schedule III Marijuana: The DOT and Federal Testing Dilemma On December 18, 2025, an Executive Order directed the DOJ to expedite the rescheduling of marijuana to Schedule III. While...
- AI Audits & The FTC: The New Era of Algorithmic Ac
  AI Audits & The FTC: The New Era of Algorithmic Accountability The "Wild West" of AI-driven background screening met its match in 2025. Following the landmark $1.5 milli...
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PRESS RELEASES
- Why Social Media Screening is a Compliance Trap (U
  Why Social Media Screening is a Compliance Trap (Unless You Have a Safety Net) Adverse Social Media searches are the "new shiny object" in our industry. They are fast, AI-dr...
- Straightline International is proud to announce a
  HUGE news for global background screening! Straightline International is proud to announce a significant upgrade to our Cayman Islands Services. Following productive meetings with...
- Straightline International Sets the Record Straigh
  Straightline International is not a CRA. We are what PBSA defines as a Criminal Record Provider — and in fact, we are the original. Our role in the pre-employment screening ec...
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New List of Lower Prices from Straightline International
June 04, 2017 - New Lower Prices from Straightline International. "We take criminal records seriously." China Shenzhen $21.99 Dongguan $21.99 Quangzhou $21.99 Foshan $21.99 Fuzhou $21.99 England Oxford $19.99 Manchester $19.99 Ireland Dublin $24.99 Cork $24.99 Venezuela Caracas $24.99 Colombia Cartagena $12.99 Contact us at http://www.straightlineinternational.com/contact-us Call +18669096678 If you already have an account with Straightline International your Lower Prices will be automatically calculated in our data system....
Nearly 200 with criminal records arrested in California in new immigration sweep
May 31, 2017 - Nearly 200 people have been arrested by federal agents in Southern California as part of a five-day operation targeting immigrants convicted of cri...
The Trump administration is arresting over 100 immigrants without criminal records a day
May 22, 2017 - The Trump administration doesn’t have much to brag about. So it’s worth paying attention when they do. On Wednesday, Imm...
Arrests of Undocumented Immigrants Without Criminal Records Spikes 150%: Report
May 19, 2017 - The Trump administration's rush to remove any and all undocumented immigrants has resulted in an almost 40 percent increase in immigration arre...
California's New Criminal Background Check Regulations to Go Into Effect July 1, 2017
May 16, 2017 - California’s Department of Fair Employment and Housing (DFEH) recently enacted regulations that impose additional burdens on employers’...
NBC: Flynn never completed CIA background check for Trump White House job
May 12, 2017 - Flynn never completed CIA background check for Trump White House job Former national security adviser Michael Flynn never completed the r...
FBI: April Gun Background Checks Resurge, Nearly Break Record
May 04, 2017 - According to FBI figures, 2,045,564 background checks were conducted last month, which is only about 100,000 checks away from the record of 2,145,8...
ICE arrests 76 foreigners with criminal records
May 02, 2017 - Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrested 76 foreign nationals, all with criminal records, in Puerto Rico and Florida, including several in Miam...

EEOC Settles Lawsuit Over Record Keeping of Criminal Background Checks
April 28, 2017 - A nationwide provider of janitorial and facilities management services will adopt significant changes to its record-keeping practices related to th...
Straightline Lists Lower Prices Here
April 25, 2017 - Take a peek at these low prices for criminal record searches . We have been lowering our prices at Straightline International. ...
Ban The Box Will Never Work
April 24, 2017 - Life in prison is meant to be difficult. But it doesn’t always get better once you’re out. Re-entering offenders o...
Under Trump, ICE arrests double for migrants with no criminal records
April 24, 2017 - Immigration arrests rose 32.6 percent in the first weeks of the Trump administration, with newly empowered federal agents intensifying their pursui...
Does NAPBS Recommend FBI Criminal record Searches?
April 24, 2017 - Is it true that NAPBS recommends using the FBI for criminal record checks in the USA? If you base your decisions on their latest new...
The Fine Print in New York’s Raise the Age Law
April 20, 2017 - After decades of debate, New York this week raised the age at which juveniles are automatically tried as adults, from 16 to 18. ...
Immigration agents round up 153 with criminal records in central, south Texas
April 12, 2017 - Federal immigration agents say they have arrested 153 immigrants in South Texas with criminal records or who were living in the country illegally....
DCF faces huge backlog on background checks
April 06, 2017 - They are some of the state's most vulnerable children: thousands in state custody, many waiting to be placed in safe, nurturing homes. But 5 In...
3rd Party Access to Criminal Record Checks
April 03, 2017 - It started in the UK. It was First Advantage. They were on a buying spree. But the system for record checks used in the UK was differen...
Most states require criminal background checks on doctors. Colorado doesn’t.
March 31, 2017 - Colorado is one of only five states that does not require a criminal background check to license a doctor. Colorado relies on self d...