If you're looking for a reliable way to perform a worldwide criminal background check, Global Background Screening offers the simplest and most effective solutions available. With just a few clicks, you can order criminal records and sanctions data from around the globe on employees, contractors and vendors... ensuring your hiring process remains thorough and compliant no matter where your applicants are located.
Worldwide Criminal Background Check Services
At Global Background Screening, we provide two primary options for conducting criminal background checks on a global scale:
WorldScan - Global Sanctions and Terror Watchlist Search
Our WorldScan option offers an extensive search through over 5,000 global government sources, including international sanctions lists and terror watchlists. This comprehensive search identifies individuals involved in serious criminal activity, including:
Fraud and embezzlement
Money laundering
Drug trafficking
Terrorism and organized crime
Human rights violations
Financial Fraud
For just $29, you get fast results with a typical turnaround time of only one business day.
WorldScan is perfect for organizations that want a broad overview of global sanctions and criminal activity across multiple countries. Learn more about on our Terror Watchlist and Global Sanctions Search
Country-Specific Criminal Background Check
For an even more thorough approach, consider combining the WorldScan with a country-specific criminal background check. This option provides you with direct access to court and police records, offering a detailed view of their legal history. Criminal background checks are available in over 170 countries.
By combining these two services, you gain a complete understanding of any potential risks associated with your applicant, making it the best option for international hiring.
How to Order a Worldwide Criminal Background Check
Ordering a worldwide criminal background check from Global Background Screening is easy. Just follow these simple steps:
Visit our Multi-Country Ordering Form.
Select the countries you need for your search or simply order a WorldScan.
All pricing and turnaround times for each country are listed there as well as below.
Complete your checkout in seconds.
Worldwide Criminal Background Check Pricing
Below, you’ll find an easy-to-view table showing the countries we cover, along with pricing, details of each search and days each report takes
Service | Pricing | Days | Service Description |
Albania Nationwide | $ 100.00 | 7 | A comprehensive National Criminal Record Search conducted through the Office of Judicial Status Central Electronic Database, maintained by the Ministry of Justice. Information returned will include all reportable criminal record convictions. Data Privacy Laws in place. Consent is required. |
Algeria local | $ 95.00 | 12 | A comprehensive local criminal search conducted through the local court. |
American Samoa Local | $ 80.00 | 10 | A comprehensive national criminal record search conducted through the High & District courts. |
Andorra Nationwide | $ 128.00 | 10 | Coverage - Nationwide Source - Tribunal Court |
Angola Nationwide | $ 120.00 | 15 | A nationwide criminal search conducted through the Department of Justice Sector of Criminal Identification. |
Anguilla Nationwide | $ 65.00 | 7 | A nationwide criminal search conducted through the Courts of Justice. Courts include: High Court, Court of Appeal, and Eastern Caribbean Supreme Courts |
Antigua and Barbuda Local | $ 85.00 | 12 | A local search conducted through the courts of justice based on the candidate's residential address. Information returned will include all reportable criminal record convictions. Courts searched: East Caribbean Court; High Court, Court of Appeal |
Argentina Nationwide Court | $ 139.00 | 8 | An Argentina nationwide criminal search conducted through the Nacional de Registro de Reincidencia. Client can only receive a "No record" or "Review" per Habeas Data Law No. 23,326. Candidate will then have to personally order the background check on himself and forward to employer. |
Armenia Nationwide | $ 99.00 | 12 | A nationwide criminal search conducted through the Courts of Justice
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Aruba Local | $ 59.00 | 10 | A local search conducted through the Courts and Tribunals of Aruba. |
Australia Nationwide | $ 50.00 | 10 | Nationwide Police Search
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Australia Nationwide (Federal Police) | $ 65.00 | 5 | A comprehensive national criminal records search conducted through the Australian Federal Police. Information returned will include all reportable criminal record convictions that have not been spent and/or are subject to any non-release policies. |
Austria Local | $ 85.00 | 10 | A local search conducted at the district court (bezirksgericht) based on the candidate's residential address. Information returned will include all reportable criminal record convictions. |
Azerbaijan Nationwide | $ 109.00 | 10 | A national criminal record search conducted through the Ministry of Interior. |
Bahamas Nationwide | $ 85.00 | 7 | A comprehensive national criminal records check conducted through the Courts and Tribunals of Bahamas. Court Searched: Court of Appeal of the Bahamas |
Bahrain Nationwide | $ 135.00 | 7 | A nationwide criminal search conducted through the Ministry of Justice, Criminal Court. |
Bangladesh Local | $ 108.00 | 22 | A local criminal search conducted through the regional police station based on the candidate's residential address. |
Barbados Local | $ 59.00 | 7 | A local search conducted through the Courts and Tribunals of Barbados. Courts searched: High Court, Court of Appeal, Supreme Court, The Caribbean Court of Justice, and The International Penal Court |
Belarus Nationwide | $ 149.00 | 9 | A nationwide criminal search conducted through the Ministry of Internal Affairs. |
Belgium Local | $ 99.00 | 12 | A local criminal search conducted through Rechtbank- Tribunal de Premiere Instance (Rechtbank- Court of First Instance) based on the candidate's residential address. |
Belize Local | $ 120.00 | 10 | A local criminal search conducted through the Courts and Tribunals of Belize which includes the Supreme court, Court of Appeal, Caribbean District Court, and international penal court.
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Benin Nationwide | $ 95.00 | 14 | Coverage - Nationwide Source - Tribunal de Premiere Instance |
Bermuda Nationwide (Magistrate Court) | $ 65.00 | 15 | A comprehensive national criminal record check conducted through the Magistrates courts. |
Bhutan Nationwide | $ 175.00 | 10 | A national criminal search conducted through the Thimphu District Court. |
Bolivia Local | $ 135.00 | 10 | A local criminal search conducted through the Juzgados de Partido (court). |
Bosnia and Herzegovina Nationwide | $ 140.00 | 14 | A comprehensive national criminal record search conducted through the Ministry of Interior.
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Botswana Nationwide | $ 99.00 | 8 | National search conducted through the courts and tribunals of Botswana |
$ 109.00 | 5 | A national criminal record search conducted through the Ministry of Justice. Information returned will include all criminal record convictions that have not been spent or pardoned. Certificate included. | |
Virgin Islands (UK) Nationwide | $ 85.00 | 6 | A nationwide criminal search conducted through the Courts of Justice. High Court and Court of Appeal; East Caribbean Supreme Courts |
Brunei Nationwide | $ 135.00 | 17 | A nationwide criminal search conducted through the courts of justice. Courts Searched: Court of Appeal, High Court, Intermediate Court |
Bulgaria Nationwide | $ 99.00 | 15 | A nationwide criminal search conducted through the Ministry of Justice. |
Burkina Faso Nationwide | $ 85.00 | 9 | Search conducted through the Ministry of Justice |
Burundi Nationwide | $ 85.00 | 10 | Coverage - Nationwide Source - Ministry of Public Security |
Cambodia Nationwide | $ 99.00 | 9 | Criminal check conducted through the Municipal Court of Phnom Penh |
Cameroon Criminal History | $ 119.00 | 10 | A nationwide criminal search conducted through the Criminal Affairs and Pardon Directorate. Please note this service is only for foreign candidates that no longer reside in Cameroon. For citizens of Cameroon (residing in and out of the country) and foreigners currently residing in Cameroon, please order the Cameroon Nationwide Service. |
Cameroon Nationwide | $ 119.00 | 10 | A nationwide criminal search conducted through the Criminal Affairs and Pardon Directorate. Results will include an authority-issued criminal certificate. Please note this service is only for citizens of Cameroon (residing in and out of the country) and foreigners currently residing in Cameroon. For foreign candidates that no longer reside in Cameroon, please order the Cameroon Criminal History Check. |
Canada, Nationwide | $ 39.99 | 4 | A search conducted through the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) |
Canary Islands, Local | $ 119.00 | 14 | A criminal record search conducted through the Juzgados de lo Penal (state criminal court) based on the candidate's residential address |
Cape Verde Nationwide | $ 85.00 | 9 | National search conducted through the Ministry of Justice. |
Cayman Islands Local | $ 59.00 | 9 | A local criminal search conducted through the Courts and Tribunals of Cayman Islands. |
Central African Nationwide | $ 85.00 | 12 | A nationwide criminal search conducted through the Ministry of Justice. |
Chad Nationwide | $ 85.00 | 14 | A nationwide criminal search conducted through the Gendarmarie National (Police) Diection del la Documentation et de la Securite. T |
Chile Nationwide | $ 135.00 | 6 | A comprehensive regional criminal search conducted through the registro civil. |
China Nationwide | $ 59.99 | 5 | A comprehensive national criminal records search conducted through the Ministry of Public Security and the Supreme People's Court of the PRC. Background providers in China follow the U.S. 7 year reporting of criminal convictions. |
China Nationwide (Non-Citizen) | $ 69.99 | 5 | A comprehensive National Criminal Records Search conducted through the Ministry of Public Security. Background providers in China follow the U.S. 7 year reporting of criminal convictions. |
Christmas Isle, Australia NW | $ 95.00 | 5 | A comprehensive National Criminal Records Search conducted through the Australia Federal Police. Information returned will include all reportable criminal record convictions that have not been spent and/or are subject to any non-release policies.
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Colombia Nationwide | $ 89.00 | 7 | A nationwide criminal search conducted through the Procuraduria General de la Nacion (Attorney General), Rama Judicial and National Police. |
Comoros Nationwide | $ 99.00 | 8 | Coverage - Nationwide Source - Greffier en Tribunal |
Congo (Republic of) Local | $ 99.00 | 6 | A local criminal search conducted through the Tribunal de Premiere Instance. |
Congo (Dem Republic) Nationwide | $ 99.00 | 14 | A nationwide criminal search conducted through the Tribunal de Premiere Instance. |
Cook Islands Nationwide | $ 99.00 | 14 | Search conducted through the High Court. |
Costa Rica Nationwide | $ 95.00 | 9 | A national criminal record search conducted through Organismo Investigacion Judicial. Information returned will include all reportable criminal record convictions. |
Cote D'ivoire Nationwide | $ 99.00 | 16 | A nationwide criminal search conducted through the Court of First Instance in Côte d'Ivoire. Results will include an authority-issued criminal certificate. |
Croatia Nationwide | 14 | A nationwide criminal record search conducted through the Ministry of Justice Criminal Records Section. | |
Cuba Local | $ 205.00 | 14 | A local criminal search conducted through the Tribunal Municipal Popular. |
Curacao Nationwide | $ 95.00 | 8 | A nationwide criminal search conducted through the Courts and Tribunals of Curaçao. The search includes information for all of the following criminal convictions of offenses, except those deleted by rehabilitation laws or considered spent : • crimes against the state • crimes against the person • crimes against public safety • crimes against the property • Etc. The legal prescription of a sentence varies, depending on the type of offense committed and sentence pronounced. Courts searched include the First Instance Courts and the Courts of Appeal. Records date back 7 years. |
Cyprus Local | $ 125.00 | 12 | A local search conducted at the court based on the candidate's residential address. Coverage - Local Court Search Source - City Court |
Czech Republic Nationwide | $ 95.00 | 15 | A nationwide criminal search conducted through the Criminal Register. |
Denmark Local | $ 79.00 | 10 | A local criminal search conducted through First Instance Courts based on the candidate's residential address.
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Djibouti Nationwide | $ 89.00 | 10 | Local search conducted through the district court |
Dominica Nationwide | $ 139.00 | 10 | Search that is conducted through the Dominica Police Criminal Investigation Department.
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Dominican Republic Nationwide | $ 75.00 | 3 | A comprehensive nationwide criminal search conducted through the 1st Instance Court. |
Timor-Leste Local | $ 155.00 | 5 | A local criminal search conducted through the local police office, based on the Timor-Leste residential address provided by the candidate. |
Ecuador Nationwide | $ 135.00 | 8 | A comprehensive national criminal record search conducted through the Government Ministry - National Police |
Egypt Nationwide | $ 95.00 | 8 | A comprehensive national criminal search conducted through the Ministry of Interior. |
El Salvador Nationwide | $ 120.00 | 7 | A comprehensive national criminal search conducted through the Organo Judicial Republica De El Salvador |
Equitorial Guinea Nationwide | $ 89.00 | 10 | A nationwide criminal search conducted through the Director General National Security. |
Eritrea Nationwide | $ 85.00 | 10 | Coverage - Nationwide Source - National Police |
Estonia Nationwide | $ 95.00 | 9 | A search conducted through the Ministry of Justice Karistus Register for major offenses. Search period may vary. |
Swaziland Nationwide | $ 99.00 | 15 | A nationwide criminal search conducted through the Courts and Tribunals of the Kingdom of Eswatini. |
Ethiopia Nationwide | $ 105.00 | 12 | A nationwide criminal search conducted through the Courts of Justice, based on the candidate's residential address information. Courts searched: Regional Courts (High and First Instance), Federal Courts and Supreme Court. |
Fiji Local | $ 120.00 | 6 | A search conducted through the Fiji Supreme Court, Court of Appeal, High Court, Small Claims Tribunal, International Penal Court, and Magistrates Court based on the candidate's residential address.
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Finland Local | $ 79.00 | 15 | Coverage - Local Court Search Source - District Court
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France Nationwide (Police) Certificate (e-process) | $ 75.00 | 9 | A comprehensive nationwide criminal record search conducted through the Casier Judiciare (Ministry of Justice). This service can also be used to order criminal searches in the following French territories: Guadeloupe, French Guiana, Mayotte, Martinique, Réunion, Saint Barthélemy, Saint Pierre, and Miquelon. |
French Polynesia Nationwide | 14 | A nationwide criminal search conducted through the First Instance Court. This service is only for candidates that were born in French Polynesia. For candidates that currently live in French Polynesia or for candidates that have previously lived in French Polynesia, please order the France Nationwide (Police) Certificate (e-process) service. | |
Gabon Nationwide | $ 85.00 | 15 | A nationwide criminal search conducted through the Ministry of Justice. |
Gambia Nationwide | $ 129.00 | 8 | A nationwide criminal search conducted through the Ministry of Justice. |
$ 139.00 | 14 | A nationwide criminal search conducted through the Ministry of Internal Affairs. | |
Germany Local | $ 69.00 | 6 | A search conducted through the Amtsgericht Criminal Court (local Court) based on the candidate's residential address. |
Ghana Nationwide | $ 99.00 | 14 | A nationwide criminal search conducted through the Courts of Justice. |
Gibraltar Nationwide | $ 129.00 | 14 | A nationwide criminal search conducted through the Courts of Justice. Source - Privy Council Decisions; Gibraltar Court of Appeal; Supreme Court; Magistrates Court |
Greece Local | $ 89.00 | 12 | A local criminal search conducted through the district court based on the candidate's residential address. |
Greece Nationwide | $ 139.00 | 14 | A national criminal search conducted through the Ministry of Justice Division of Criminal Court Records, Unit of the Public Prosecutors Office. |
Greenland Nationwide | $ 159.00 | 14 | Coverage - Nationwide Source - National Police |
Grenada Local | 14 | Coverage - Local Court Search Source - High Court, Court of Appeal and Eastern Caribbean Supreme Courts
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Guam Nationwide | $ 49.00 | 10 | A comprehensive criminal search conducted through the Unified Superior Court of Guam based on the candidate's social security number. |
Guatemala Nationwide | $ 115.00 | 7 | Search is conducted through the Unidad de Antecendentes Penales de la Corte Suprema Justicia which accessed through an authorized agent in Guatemala who are provided with their own user ID and password to access the information and covers a minimum scope of 10 years. |
Channel Islands, Guernsey Court | $ 59.00 | 6 | Search conducted through the court for publicly available conviction information at the local level. |
Guinea (Republic of), Local | $ 85.00 | 9 | A local criminal search conducted through the District Courts.
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Guinea-Bissau Nationwide | $ 85.00 | 14 | A nationwide criminal search conducted through the Departmento de Registro Criminal.
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Guyana Nationwide | $ 120.00 | 14 | A nationwide criminal search conducted through the Courts of Justice.
Courts Searched: Caribbean Court of Justice and Court of Appeal of Guyana |
Haiti Nationwide | $ 120.00 | 14 | A nationwide criminal search conducted through the National Police. |
Honduras Nationwide | $ 120.00 | 14 | A nationwide criminal search conducted through the Poder Judicial Sistema Nacional de Antecedentes Penales. |
Hong Kong, Criminal | $ 49.99 | 3 | The search contains criminal court judgment. Verifies fugitive status. |
Hungary Nationwide | $ 99.00 | 17 | A nationwide criminal search conducted through the Administrative and Electronic Public Services Central Office (KEKKH). Results will include an authority-issued criminal certificate. |
Iceland Local | $ 109.00 | 13 | A search conducted through the local court based on the candidates residential address. Coverage - Local Court Search Source - Public Prosecutors Office |
India Local (Court) | $ 55.00 | 7 | A local criminal search conducted at the magistrate court in-person by an attorney, covering 7 years where available and the Ecourt (High & District Court) and Supreme Court databases covering the last 7 years. |
Indonesia Local | $ 139.00 | 7 | A local criminal search conducted through the district court, supreme court, and a proprietary database, providing national coverage. |
Iran Nationwide D/B | $ 99.00 | 3-4 | A criminal search conducted through the PEP database, the Amnesty Penal Records Section, the Iran, North Korea, and Syria Nonproliferation Act Sanctions (INKSNA), Bureau of International Security and Nonproliferation, Iranian Transactions and Sanctions Regulations. |
Iraq Local | $ 109.00 | 15 | A local criminal search conducted through the Directorate of Criminal Investigations. |
Ireland (Republic of) Local | $ 95.00 | 10 | A local criminal search conducted through the Ireland International News Agency Republic of Ireland based on the candidate's residential address. Sources include: Central Criminal Court, the Special Criminal Court, the Court of Appeal, Dublin Circuit Criminal Court, High Court extradition, select High Court proceedings, as well as from Family Courts (primarily childcare courts), Medical Council Fitness to Practice Inquires, Nursing and Midwifery Fitness to Practice Inquires, Employment Appeal Tribunals and Courts Martial courts. Search is supplemented with local court access, where possible. |
Isle of Man, Court | $ 49.00 | 7 | Search conducted through the court for publicly available conviction information. |
Israel Nationwide | 5 | A nationwide criminal search conducted through the Ministry of Justice - Courts, which includes the following courts: • Israel Supreme Court • Regional Courts • Justice of the Peace Courts (Magistrate Courts) • Appellate Courts • Family Courts • Military Courts • Traffic Courts • District Court | |
Italy Local | $ 95.00 | 11 | A criminal record search conducted through the local district court based on the candidate's residential address. |
Jamaica Nationwide | $ 85.00 | 10 | A comprehensive national criminal search conducted through the Courts of Justice. Courts searched include Court of Appeal, the Supreme Court of Jamaica, and the East Caribbean Court. |
Channel Islands, Jersey Court | $ 65.00 | 6 | Search conducted for publicly available conviction information. |
Jordan Nationwide | $ 129.00 | 9 | A nationwide criminal search conducted through the General Intelligence Directorate (GID). |
Kazakhstan Nationwide |