FOREIGN criminals could be working in restricted areas at Britain’s airports because of a loophole in vetting requirements, it emerged last night.

BBC News 08 May 2008 Foreign workers employed airside at UK airports do not have to undergo full mandatory criminal records checks, the BBC’s Newsnight has discovered. Since 2003, all staff have been checked against UK criminal records, but offences abroad are not covered. The government said workers were also subject to physical security measures [...]

HOTEL Asia Pacific magazine in conjunction with PertLink has issued a comprehensive online hotel-security checklist. The checklist, which was first published following the Bali bombings, covers nearly 60 crucial aspects of security that need to be addressed by every hotel. It first appeared as part of an indepth assessment of hotel security, Safe Not Sorry, which won a PATA (Pacific Asia Travel Association) Gold Award.

By: Kirsten Halcrow Any company would be very mistaken to think that screening and due diligence stops or is complete once a person has signed their contract of employment and started working, considering research shows that a high percentage of individuals who have held positions over a long period are implicated in serious fraud. Yet [...]

Almost 8,000 illegal workers at the centre of a security industry vetting scandal had National Insurance numbers. Some were given the numbers after the introduction of ‘tougher checks’, a letter written by Work and Pensions Minister Stephen Timms reveals. Last night, the Tories said it was yet more evidence of ‘shambolic administration’ at the heart of Government.

According to KPMG’s US Background Screening Industry (Update April 08), “Demand for specialized or “niche” background screening products such as international background screening is expected to continue at accelerated rates despite a difficult macroeconomic environment.”