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 five people [...]
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 make it simpler [...]
To ensure staff really do have the qualifications and experience they claim, and to reduce the threats of industrial espionage and terrorism, companies are demanding more from recruiters. Colin Cottell explains how processes and costs are changing
Checking the background of candidates is not what most recruiters had in mind when they started their careers. But [...]
Ex-Calgarian recalled as quiet and generous
By Andrew Burke; with files from Stephane Massinon and Sherri Zickefoose, Calgary Herald.
At a nondescript house in an unremarkable corner of Bangkok called Peekmai Village number 1, the sign nailed to the front door said “Home Sweet Home.” But inside, two women were sitting on a worn rosewood lounge and [...]
Business Line, Business Daily from the HINDU Group of Publications
Sunday Nov 30, 2008
Adith Charlie
‘90% of firms are not doing background screening’.
Companies see background screening and checking of employees as additional cost and not as an investment in ensuring safety
Mumbai, Nov. 29 Corporates would have to make their ‘know-your employee’ (KYE) norms more stringent following the [...]
OUT-LAW News, 22/09/2008
Europe’s privacy regulator has said that he will back a pan-European criminal records system only if specific data protection measures are put in place. Because the system deals with crime and security, EU data protection law does not currently apply to it.
The European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS) Peter Hustinx has said that the [...]
Source: HM Treasury
Published Wednesday, 22 October, 2008 - 08:54
The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) warned on 16th October 2008 of the higher risks of money laundering and terrorist financing posed by deficiencies in the anti-money laundering and countering-terrorist financing (AML/CTF) systems in Iran and Uzbekistan.
The FATF has also drawn attention to AML/CTF deficiencies in respect [...]
Shubhangi Warkari
Wednesday, October 22nd, 2008 AT 11:10 AM
PUNE: NASSCOM, global trade body representing IT/ITeS companies, has decided to go aggressive on the National Skill Registry (NSR) front to regulate the incidence of impersonation and fake CVs.
The IT/ITeS companies do not follow their own rule on this count, which is intended to enhance the brand equity [...]
Four communities in England will start running background checks on possible sex offenders, similar to “Megan’s Law” in the U.S. The BBC reports that Warwickshire, Cambridgeshire, Cleveland and Hampshire will initiate one-year pilot programs allowing parents, guardians and caretakers to learn from police about any histories of abuse for people who have access to their children.