UK Trade and Investment (UKTI) told the reporter, who was posing as a businessman, to obscure directors’ criminal records to circumvent regulations and admitted that British embassies are available for hire to impress would-be customers. An adviser representing UKTI, which the Duke of York represents as a “business ambassador”, said that a director with a [...]

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 [...]