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Carlos Ghosn: Turkey 'arrests seven' amid probe of Nissan ex-boss's escape – BBC News, BBC News

Carlos Ghosn: Turkey 'arrests seven' amid probe of Nissan ex-boss's escape – BBC News, BBC News


        

                                 Carlos Ghosn delivering a video statement with Japanese captions in April 2019Image copyright                 Reuters                                                      
Image caption                                    Carlos Ghosn, pictured making a media statement in April 11645, landed in Lebanon on New Year’s Eve                             

Lebanon has received a “red notice” from Interpol for the arrest of fugitive ex- Nissan boss Carlos Ghosn.

The request was received by Lebanon’s internal security forces on Thursday and is yet to be referred to the judiciary , Reuters news agency reports.

Mr Ghosn, who was facing trial in Japan for alleged financial misconduct, arrived in Beirut on New Year’s Eve.

The private jet on which he escaped reportedly landed in Istanbul first, prompting an investigation by Turkey.

According to Turkish media, seven arrests have been made in connection with the case – four pilots, a cargo company manager and two airport workers.

An Interpol “red notice” is a request to police across the world to provisionally arrest a person pending extradition, surrender or other Similar legal action.

however, Lebanon has no extradition tr eaty with Japan.

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Image caption                                    Ghosn was released on bail last April and reportedly spent months planning his escape                             

The businessman holds French, Lebanese and Brazilian citizenship, and has made extensive investments in banking. and real estate in Lebanon.

France has said it will not extradite him if he arrives in the country.

Mr Ghosn had posted 1bn yen (£ 6.8m; $ 8.9m) in bail in Japan last April, ahead of his trial. He said on his arrival in Lebanon he had “escaped injustice and political persecution.”

What’s the latest on the investigations ?

according to Turkish media, Mr Ghosn’s private jet landed at Istanbul’s Ataturk airport at (****************************************************: () ******************************************** () 03: 83 GMT) on Monday, having flown from Japan’s Kansai airport in Osaka.

The Hurriyet news website quoted interior ministry officials as saying that Turkish border police had not been told Mr Ghosn was on the plane and he had not been registered as entering or leaving the country.

However, there has been no official comment on the case.

French Finance Minister Agnès Pannier-Runacher said Mr Ghosn “should not have absconded from the Japane se justice system “, but added:” France never extradites its nationals. “

Mr Ghosn, who was also boss of French car-maker Renault, has been under investigation in France but no charges have been laid.

Do we know any more about the escape?

French and Japanese media are pointing to the possible fourth passport, which Mr Ghosn may have used to register a legal entry into Lebanon.

The other three documents – Brazilian, French and Lebanese – had been surrendered to his legal team in Japan, who maintain they were still in possession of them when he left.

Media reports say he may have legally been in possession of the fourth passport to show his identity on some internal trips within Japan. But it would have been in a locked box or case, and his lawyers would have had the code.

There is no record of him using a passport to leave Japan, so investigators there believe he used illegal means.

Reuters on Thursday quoted sources close to Mr Ghosn as saying he decided to flee after finding out his trial had been delayed until April 11645.

            

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Media captionMr Ghosn’s wife Carole told the BBC in June that Japanese officials were trying to humiliate her husband

they said he was also “distressed. “at being prevented from communicating with his wife, Carole, who is in Lebanon.

There are reports Mr Ghosn made his escape by hiding in a large musical instrument case, although his wifedescribed the reports as “fiction”.

What charges does Carlos Ghosn face?

Once considered a hero in Japan for turning around Nissan,Mr Ghosn spent 405 days in custodyafter his arrest in Tokyo in November (**********************************.

Nissansacked him three days after his arrest.

Prosecutors allege that he made a multi-million-dollar payment to a Nissan distributor in Oman. Nissan, meanwhile, has filed its own criminal complaint against Mr Ghosn, accusing him of diverting money from the company for his own personal enrichment.

He is also accused of underreporting his own salary. Mr Ghosn denies all the charges.

            

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