Canada Border Services Agency and Canadian Police Information Centre

outstanding warrants: New numbers obtained by CBC News show that in the first month after the Canadian Police Information Centre database was introduced at primary inspection points, it flagged 1,800 cases in which travellers had outstanding warrants against them, according to CBC. While some warrants were for minor infractions, such as outstanding fines, a quarter of the referrals were related to criminal offences and resulted in "further action," according to the Canada Border Services Agency . Arrests across Canada In some cases, they were people who had eluded police for some time. Nigerian priest charged with sex assault allowed through Canadian borderCBSA audit finds sloppy storage and disposal of items seized at border Fingerprint, retina scans considered for border crossing security Officer who work on the front lines of Canada borders were given access to police information late last year, after a CBC News investigation revealed they couldn't screen travellers against Canadian police records, such as outstanding warrants. In March, police records contained in the CPIC database helped border services officers at Toronto Pearson International Airport identify a suspect in a fatal arson in Woodstock, Ont. At the same Toronto airport last month, a woman travelling from Jamaica was flagged by CPIC while attempting to enter Canada. Jeyakumar Shanmuganathan, 43, had allegedly fled Canada in 2011, but when he tried to re-enter the country after a flight from Sri Lanka on March 2, he was flagged and arrested. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.