International Travel

Join RTAG’s conference call about possible changes to Angel Watch and Guardian Angel

·February 28, 2020
·17 Comments

[registranttag.org - 2/28/20] ALL are invited to hear Update to RTAG’s and Matt Ameika’s Mexican law firm efforts to effect the Angel Watch notification system and Mexico’s parallel Guardian Angel…

International

Philippines: BI bars 145 convicted sex offenders to PH

·January 4, 2019
·8 Comments

The Bureau of Immigration barred 145 foreigners convicted of sex crimes in their home countries from January to November of the 2018. BI Port Operations Division Chief Grifton Medina said…

General News

Interpol Response re. Green Notices

·December 20, 2018
·52 Comments

Submitted by Steve: Some off you are aware that I sent in a inquiry to Interpol that questioned their standards for issuing green notices...well I got a response back from Interpol,…

International

Ireland: Proposal to restrict sex offenders from travelling abroad

·May 1, 2018
·1 Comment

[rte.ie 5/2/18] Independent TD Maureen O'Sullivan has proposed legislation to restrict sex offenders from travelling abroad. Launching the Sex Offender's Amendment Bill during Private Member's time in the Dáil, she…

International

AUS: Pedophile stopped at Sydney Airport by anti-sex tourism law

·December 13, 2017
·16 Comments

A convicted child molester was prevented from flying overseas from Sydney Airport on Wednesday under new laws aimed at keeping Australian pedophiles from traveling to Southeast Asia for sex tourism.…

General News

Foreign Minor Attempting to Meet a U.S. Sex Offender Intercepted by CBP officers at LAX

·December 6, 2017
·59 Comments

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers assigned to the Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) intercepted a 17-year-old male citizen of New Zealand on Monday who was traveling alone on…

General News

SMITH: International Megan’s Law working to protect children

·December 5, 2017
·70 Comments

New Jersey’s Maureen and Richard Kanka’s courage and perseverance through unspeakable tragedy — the sexual abuse and murder of their daughter Megan in 1994 — has brought significant protection to…

General News

Over 23 years later, Megan’s Law is still expanding, this time worldwide (Opinion)

·November 18, 2017
·25 Comments

It’s hard to believe it’s been 23 years since the death of Megan Kanka, the Hamilton 7-year-old who was raped and murdered by a twice-convicted sex offender. It is, without…

General News

Smith’s Law Results in Important New Protections for Children Against Predators

·November 17, 2017
·69 Comments

A new passport identifier for convicted pedophiles will help protect children from pedophiles looking to travel abroad, possibly to abuse children, said Congressman Chris Smith (R-NJ), author of legislation to…

Janice's Journal

Janice’s Journal: Say “No” to the Scarlet Letter

·November 13, 2017
·115 Comments

The federal government has done it again. They have issued not one, but two, press releases that reveal both the proposed language and the placement of a “unique identifier” on…

ACSOL General News

ACSOL to Challenge Passport Identifier in Federal Court

·November 6, 2017
·233 Comments

The Alliance for Constitutional Sex Offense Laws (ACSOL) will challenge the passport identifier recently revealed by the U.S. State Department. The challenge is expected to be filed in a federal…

General News

Scarlet-Letter Passports Are Unjust and Irrational

·November 1, 2017
·30 Comments

The notice, which will appear on the second-to-last page of U.S. passports, is officially known as an "endorsement," but it is more like a badge of shame. "The bearer was…

General News

State Department Press Release Reveals “Unique Identifier” for Passports

·October 29, 2017
·269 Comments

The U.S. State Department issued a press release on Friday, October 27, that revealed both the wording and placement of a "unique identifier" to be added to the passports of some, but…

International

AUS: Australia to strip convicted paedophiles of passports

·May 30, 2017
·30 Comments

Convicted paedophiles will have their passports cancelled to prevent them travelling overseas to offend again under tough new laws which Australia Tuesday (May 30) hailed as a "world first". Legislation…

General News

What In The World Are “Traveling Pedophiles”?

·February 12, 2017
·15 Comments

I read an interesting article regarding NJ Rep. Chris Smith, author of the International Megan’s Law ,which has just completed it’s first year in existence. According to Smith who met…

General News

International Megan’s Law: One Year Later

·February 9, 2017
·39 Comments

One year to the date of its enactment, Rep. Chris Smith (NJ-04) reports that the International Megan’s Law is already having the intended effect of reducing the threat of child…

General News

Putting Trump’s Travel Ban and IML into Perspective

·February 8, 2017
·26 Comments

It’s been just over one week since Trump’s Travel Ban targeted certain immigrants and global citizens. For those who followed this act day by day, it was very tumultuous week.…

International

EU proposes U.S.-style security checks to vet visa-free travelers

·November 19, 2016
·1 Comment

BRUSSELS -- The European Commission wants additional security checks on visitors to Europe, it said Wednesday, proposing a US-style online system to vet visa-free travelers as part of efforts to…