A Scottish green MP on Friday (November 13) called on the local government to launch a procedure to determine the origin of the fortune of outgoing US President Donald Trump, who owns two golf courses in Scotland, and the legality of his business in the British province.
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Patrick Harvie, leader of the Scottish Greens, has called on Scottish Prime Minister Nicola Sturgeon to initiate so-called
unexplained wealth order
civil proceedings
, which oblige the targeted person to reveal the sources of unexplained wealth.
The MP is targeting Donald Trump's purchase of golf courses in the Aberdeen region (north-east) and the county of Ayrshire.
Before Parliament on Thursday, he spoke of "
long-standing concerns about Trump's activities
," including a "
buy-and-sell model ... evoking money laundering,
" he said.
“
The Scottish government has an opportunity to go to court
” to “
start having answers,
” he said, “
now that Trump is going to lose his immunity from prosecution in the United States, he may finally have to surrender accounts here
”.
Joined on Friday, Trump international Scotland did not react immediately.
The procedure in question, dubbed "
McMafia laws
", was introduced in 2017 to combat money laundering.
Donald Trump bought 567 hectares of land in Aberdeenshire in 2006, promising to build "
the best golf courses in the world
" and create 6,000 jobs.
His mother was from the Isle of Lewis, off the west coast of Scotland.
He purchased the Turnberry Golf Course in 2014 and also owns a course in Ireland.
