International Background Check
With recruiting efforts expanding beyond the United States border, Global Information Network knows companies need access to searches outside the United States. Global is a leader in the industry providing international background checks meeting the growing demand of its clients. Global provides criminal background checks, employment, education and professional verifications in over 170 different countries.
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Global Information Network reports all criminal information found in an overseas courthouse’s records and or police records maintained by local law enforcement agencies and/or Central Criminal Justice Agencies as it conforms to local data privacy statutory provisions regulating legal employment access. Court files are usually archived manually with very little automation and require local investigative personnel to travel to remote locations. Records may also be available through local a prosecutor’s office requiring a similar approach to data collection.
On average reports will include 7 years of research, the Country, Province, or City where a record exists, the disposition, sentence, date of sentence, case number, date of the offense, the classification and defendant’s name, address, date of birth, if available.
Click here to review the International Data Protection Legislation
The International Data Protection Legislation chart was developed by the U.S. Department of Commerce in order to provide information on national data
protection laws that have either been enacted or are currently under consideration around the world. The following does not
address sectoral laws, local laws, criminal/civil code provisions, or constitutional provisions that may address data protection.
The chart is intended for information only and is not an authoritative statement or summary of the actual laws in these countries. The chart also may not reflect all recent changes and legislative updates.
Country Coverage, (A thru E)
| Country | Turnaround Time | Requirements |
Albania |
5 to 7 |
Name/DOB/City/release |