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• 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 bigamy has been made a lot easier by the lack of a nationwide database of marriage records. Some 23 provinces have already set up their own intra-provincial marriage database systems and a system covering the whole country should be ready by the end of 2015, vice-minister of Civil Affairs Dou Yupei told the China Daily. “It will not only provide technical support to improve our marriage management and services, but also will act as a protective screen against illegal acts, such as bigamy and the concealment of marriage,” Mr Dou said. In one of the more spectacular cases...

• 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...

• Stretching the Truth To Get The Job

  December 01, 2010 - Nearly one in five Canadians (19%) would exaggerate previous responsibilities in order to land a job, according to a poll released by ADP Canada Co...