More than 2,300 youngsters, who were abducted, sold or reported missing, have been able to track their blood relatives, Chen Shiqu, director of the Ministry of Public Security’s human... Read more
British police bosses have ordered officers not to demand DNA samples from gay men who are only guilty of victimless sex crimes. Police around the country are currently collecting DNA... Read more
A district court judge who is a world expert in forensic DNA has called for a public debate on the use of familial DNA testing, as police reveal they have now used the “last resort... Read more
Men convicted of victimless homosexual offences three decades ago are threatened with arrest if they refuse to provide samples for the national DNA database. The convictions were under a... Read more
The New York City medical examiner’s office is undertaking an unusual review of more than 800 rape cases in which critical DNA evidence may have been mishandled or overlooked by a lab techni... Read more
THE revised draft of the DNA Bill should be among the first pieces of legislation ready for tabling when Parliament resumes next month. A draft of the Bill was sent to the Ministry of Nation... Read more
Complete DNA samples held by the Government will be destroyed over the next five months, ministers have said, to allow the Protection of Freedoms Act to be brought into force. Home Office Mi... Read more
Irked over non-availability of competent forensic experts for conducting DNA examination, a Delhi court has directed a forensic science laboratory (FSL) here to hold the test again on an acc... Read more
She was just 20 when she accompanied her employer to Mamallapuram, where he allegedly drugged and raped her. It’s been two years since the incident, but Nisha (name changed) hasn... Read more
A man will go on trial for attempted murder in Brooklyn. His fate may hang on the handlebars of a bicycle. Prosecutors contend he shot a man from the bike, and may have left a DNA calling ca... Read more