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• Canadian Students Get More Than They Ask For

  July 01, 2012 - Protesting students may be collecting photos, videos and placards as souvenirs from these heady revolutionary days, but those who are arrested and fingerprinted may end up with a memory that haunts them for years. Even without a conviction, the traces of run-ins with the law cannot be completely erased in these days of surveillance and indelible record-keeping, making it difficult to travel to the United States or get a job, say legal experts and border control agents. "There are dangers associated with this whole thing that many of the students and their parents are unaware of," said lawyer Julius Grey, who is representing a handful of the more than 65 students who face criminal charges. Many hundreds more have bee...

• Checking English Driving Licences

  July 01, 2012 - English, Welsh and Scottish driving licence numbers contain information about the applicant's name, sex and date of birth. This information is...

• South Africans Start Suing Over Criminal Record Errors

  July 01, 2012 - A man from Zwartkop, Centurion (South Africa), who had a "criminal record" for the past 20 years, of which he only became aware through a...

• 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. N...

• 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...