24-48 hr International Criminal Record Checks Mainly Nonsense

Lately there has been a rash of criminal record retrieval ads circulating in the pre-employment screening industry for international criminal records being returned 24-48 hours after receiving them.

I know that turnaround is a key component of criminal record checks.  In fact, in the USA, the push to reduce the turnaround times has been a major factor in increasing use of background checks.

But let's face facts.  The international compnent to criminal record checks is vast and overwhelming.

There is no way most international criminal record checks can be completed in most jurisdictions in the 24-48 hr time frame.

Since most criminal record retrievers in the USA are challenged by obscure USA county searches, how in the world could they define a location in a foreign country, study their justice sytem, make contact with a researcher in that jurisdiction and get the result in 1 -2 days?

Better still, how can you or your staff believe their claims of near-instant turnaround.

I know it's your money and your business.  But if you want to keep it you had better get real with the situation.