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Australians Warn Against Cruise Ship Crime
May 29, 2013 - Australian cruise ship passengers who fall victim to serious crime may find their cases handled in countries with poor human rights records, a leading victims' advocate says. Victims' Rights Commissioner Michael O'Connell says the Federal Government should take action to ensure victims are protected under Australian laws. More than half of the world's cruise ships are registered in Panama, Liberia and the Bahamas, and Mr O'Connell said that passengers could have their case heard in countries with a poor human rights records and a history of ignoring crimes against women. "Under international law of the sea, it is possible for the cruise ship's master to elect to have a criminal incident reported...
Criminal Data Specialists Joins County House Research
May 29, 2013 - As of April 1, 2013, Criminal Data Specialists of Shippensburg, Pennsylvania has joined the County House Research, Inc. family of companies. F...
Best Practice Standards for Proper Use of Criminal Records in Hiring Addressed in New Report
May 28, 2013 - A group of national civil and workers’ rights organizations has released a new report titled ‘Best Practice Standards: The Proper Use o...
Beijing cracking down on illegal barbecues
May 23, 2013 - Beijing is stepping up efforts to reduce illegal barbeques, to cut down on roadside air and noise pollution. May is the peak time for ou...
Les Rosen's Corner
May 22, 2013 - The average annual rate of workplace violence perpetrated against local, county, state, and federal government employees in 2011 was three times gr...
Les Rosen's Corner
May 17, 2013 - Federal Trade Commission Large databases that track employee thefts and could prevent workers accused of theft in the past from finding new jobs in...
Washington State Courts Office Suffers Data Breach
May 15, 2013 - Washington State Courts Office Suffers Data BreachOn Thursday, May 9, the Washington State Administrative Office of the Courts (AOC) announced that...
Is The USA Recording All Telephone Calls?
May 14, 2013 - The United States government may be playing Big Brother to the hilt - by recording your phone calls and getting access to them anytime it wants....
First Time Look Inside A Tribal Court
May 13, 2013 - The Hoopa Valley Tribal Court is a model for other tribes in the region, as they develop their own laws and court systems. Chief Judge Richard...
Cook County, IL Records Go Mobile
May 10, 2013 - People with legal matters in Cook County courts now have access to countless court records in their pockets, thanks to a new mobile application....
Justice Dept.: Citizens Have Right to Record Police in Public
May 09, 2013 - The Justice Department has written two letters to the U.S District Court in Maryland supporting the Constitutional rights of citizens arrested for...
Prison Guards Low Pay No Excuse For Taking Bribes
May 07, 2013 - A shocking indictment of 13 Baltimore prison guards is an extreme example of what happens when people on the "lowest rung" of the crimina...
FTC Approves Final Order Settling Charges Against Marketers of Criminal Background Screening Reports
May 06, 2013 - The Federal Trade Commission has approved a final order settling charges that Filiquarian Publishing LLC, Choice Level LLC, and their CEO, Joshua L...
Man Tricks Charity Into Paying For Fake Background Checks
May 03, 2013 - A serial fraudster who tricked a disabled children's charity into paying £14,000 for fake criminal record checks has today walked free fr...
Denver police increasingly rely on video surveillance to solve crime
May 02, 2013 - Almost as soon as a gunman fired shots into a crowd during Saturday's massive marijuana smoke-out in Civic Center park, Denver police were on a...
Lawmaker Introduces Background Checks To Regulate Who Owns "Aggressive" Dogs
May 01, 2013 - A criminal background check, state license, and completed education course: is that really necessary to own a dog? A North Carolina lawmaker says &...
Supreme Court Vote May Have Smashed Record Checking Business
April 30, 2013 - Americans do not have a right to obtain public records from states other than their own, the Supreme Court ruled Monday, dealing a setback to busin...
Dennis Brownstein's Extreme Court News
April 29, 2013 - Spain arrests woman with cocaine breast Spanish police arrested a Panamanian woman who land...
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