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The Ferret

The Ferret: Oligarchs, royalty and foreign banks all flouting Scots land laws

Land reformer and former Green Party MSP Andy Wightman in his HIghland wood. STY Vicky A. MAG..Pic Gordon Terris Herald & Times..22/6/22.

RUSSIAN oligarchs, billion­aires, foreign governments, international royalty, and banking giants are among those behind nearly 1000 offshore entities that are illegally flouting the land control registry, The Ferret can reveal.

We found that around two-thirds (956) of the 1447 overseas firms which own Scottish land and should appear on the publicly available log are absent.

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