One in five people fear a criminal records check will not protect children from being groomed by paedophiles, a poll for the Home Office shows. Almost a quarter of people also believe the elderly and other vulnerable adults will not be protected from fraudsters just because someone has been CRB checked. And nearly one in [...]

WASHINGTON, Jan. 9 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Lloyds TSB Bank plc (Lloyds), a United Kingdom corporation headquartered in London, has agreed to forfeit $350 million to the United States and to the New York County District Attorney’s Office in connection with violations of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA), Acting Assistant Attorney General Matthew Friedrich of [...]

By Tom Brady Security Editor, Independent.ieSaturday January 03 2009 JUDGES imposing sentence on thugs in courts will now have easy access to their criminal records in other EU states. Ireland is to sign up to a new criminal records database aimed at fighting crime across EU borders, the Irish Independent has learned. It will also [...]