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Scotland's award-winning investigative news and fact-checking co-op. Be our new business manager: https://nitter.cf/t.co/UuVz4isNA8
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The Scottish Government's years-long support of Ming Yang is under renewed scrutiny after we unearthed a court judgement from a 2015 corruption trial in China. theferret.scot/boss-of-snp-b…
Gypsy Travellers have been persecuted for centuries. But despite a Scottish Government apology last June for the Tinker Experiment – which tried to assimilate them into settled culture – some claim their cultural rights are still being denied
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The Scottish Government has continued to back Ming Yang’s proposed investment at Ardersier despite national security concerns. It’s now being accused of a “staggering” failure of due diligence on the firm.
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As Belfast experienced riots this summer, tensions were also rising in Glasgow. The Ferret has investigated the activists, online groups and street patrols connecting anti-immigration movements in Scotland and Northern Ireland
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Researchers identified at least 75 anti-immigration Facebook pages across Scotland and Northern Ireland. They found groups sharing content and similar tactics, including street patrols and propaganda focused on women’s safety and cultural identity
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“Our concern is therefore not about policing people's political opinions or opposition to immigration policy. It is about recognising patterns early enough”
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🔴 NEW: After anti-immigration riots left dozens of Belfast households homeless this summer, The Ferret travelled to the city to investigate links between Northern Ireland’s anti-immigration movement and groups operating in Scotland.
Our latest: theferret.scot/p/750961d9-45…
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“Criminals don’t launder money without facilitators. If those facilitators face no meaningful consequences, all the political promises about tackling kleptocracy ring hollow”
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At 211 Dumbarton Road in Glasgow, shoppers pass an ordinary doorway next to a Tesco. The address has also been used by Scottish Limited Partnerships, a type of firm used legitimately, but also to facilitate international financial crime theferret.scot/p/a36c9a0d-fc…
The Ferret found more than a dozen Scottish Limited Partnership formation agents with offices in Moscow. Some market the structures for their “financial privacy” and rate Scotland as a five-star “offshore zone”
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🔴 NEW: Rules were tightened after Scottish Limited Partnerships were exploited for financial crime. But Moscow firms – and a man accused of facilitating child sex abuse – are still selling them for your “financial privacy”.
Our latest: theferret.scot/p/a36c9a0d-fc…
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There are just three days left to apply to join The Ferret as our Income Generation Lead & Business Manager. It’s a part-time role focused on income generation, funding and long-term sustainability.
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“Finally being compliant now doesn't suddenly erase years of documented breaches.” Animal Equality has criticised the regulatory response to alleged breaches at Mowi’s Loch Linnhe salmon farm
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Sepa sent Mowi eight letters outlining 15 alleged environmental breaches at its Ardgour salmon farm between 2023 and 2025, records obtained under freedom of information law reveal
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"This whole sorry story reflects terribly on everyone involved"
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🔴 NEW: The Scottish Government’s green watchdog sent seven letters over three years alleging multiple breaches at a fish farm – and then issued a final warning letter.
Our latest: theferret.scot/p/45345e93-2a…
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“UK voters are entitled to know whether any overseas donors are funding the Great British PAC and their motive for providing financial support”
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The group’s senior personnel have included men who allegedly shared material that defended Hitler and denied the Holocaust, while its Scotland director is an anti-Islam campaigner who said everyone must “pick a side” between “good and evil”
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