Japan was WRONG to detain Nissan chief Carlos Ghosn, UN human rights panel declares

Japan was WRONG to detain Nissan chief Carlos Ghosn and should pay him compensation, UN human rights panel declares The Working Group on Arbitrary Detention has called on Japan’s government  Found that detention of Carlos Ghosn, 66, between 2018 and 2019 was ‘arbitrary’ Led Japanese carmaker Nissan for 20 years and rescued it from near-bankruptcy … Read more

Aide to fugitive Nissan chief Carlos Ghosn pleads not guilty

An aide to fugitive Nissan chief Carlos Ghosn pleaded not guilty to hiding tens of millions of dollars for his boss today as the trial against him began in Tokyo.  Greg Kelly denies an $87million conspiracy charge in a saga which has gripped the business world since Ghosn’s arrest nearly two years ago. Ghosn is … Read more

Man who smuggled Nissan boss Carlos Ghosn out of Japan talks

The former Green Beret who smuggled disgraced Nissan boss Carlos Ghosn out of Japan has spoken out to reveal the details of the plot. Michael Taylor, 59, and his son Peter are currently being held in U.S. federal custody pending an extradition request from Japan, where they are charged in Ghosn’s brazen December escape. The … Read more

Carlos Ghosn ‘wired £650,000 to firm run by man who smuggled him out of Japan’

Former Nissan Motor Co. Chairman Carlos Ghosn wired more than £650,000 to a company linked to one of the men accused of helping smuggle him out of Japan in a box last year, prosecutors said in a new court filing. Prosecutors filed documents Tuesday detailing two wire transfers made by Ghosn in October 2019 as … Read more

Japan tightens border after Carlos Ghosn fled the country in music case

Japan tightens border controls after former Nissan boss Carlos Ghosn escaped the country while on bail By A Daily Mail Reporter Published: 23:01 BST, 5 January 2020 | Updated: 08:02 BST, 6 January 2020 Japan said yesterday said it would tighten immigration measures after former Nissan boss Carlos Ghosn fled to Lebanon while on bail. … Read more

Ex-Green Beret and son are arrested by US officials for helping Ghosn

U.S. authorities have arrested a former Special Forces soldier and another man wanted by Japan on charges that they enabled the escape of former Nissan Motor Co boss Carlos Ghosn out of the country. Federal prosecutors in Massachusetts said that former U.S. Green Beret Michael Taylor and his son, Peter Taylor, helped Ghosn last year … Read more