Revealed: UK concealed failure to alert EU over 75,000 criminal convictions Read moreWhat is the police national computer? The PNC provides real-time checks on people, vehicles, crimes and property. According to the European Union website, ECRIS was established in April 2012 to improve the exchange of information on criminal records throughout the EU. ACRO Criminal Records Office is a national police unit that provides a range of services to organise criminal records information and improve the links between criminal records and biometric information. However, it has been revealed that the Home Office initially chose to conceal the embarrassing failure from EU partners.

Source: The Guardian January 14, 2020 13:07 UTC