article_snippet.sent: A Houston Uber driver arrested and charged last week with sexually assaulting a female passenger was granted approval to drive for the car service despite being a convicted cocaine dealer.
article_snippet.sent: However, according to Uber's official background check policy they only review sentences passed down up to seven years ago.
article_snippet.sent: A New Delhi driver was accused of raping a passenger in December.
article_snippet.sent: And in London, a woman was allegedly asked to perform oral sex on a woman .
article_snippet.sent: There were three high-profile assault cases involving Uber drivers in December 2014.
article_snippet.sent: An Indian woman said An Indian woman driver raped An Indian woman in New Delhi, leading to outcries and a temporary ban of Uber in New Delhi.
article_snippet.sent: It came days after a driver was charged in Boston with raping a young woman.
article_snippet.sent: The same week, a woman in London revealed that a woman in London was offered £20 credit from Uber after one of a woman in London drivers allegedly sexually harassed a woman in London during a cab ride.
article_snippet.sent: Last week in Denver an UberX driver was arrested after an UberX driver allegedly dropped a passenger off at the airport before turning around, driving back to a woman in London house, and trying to break in.