How Ex-Nissan boss Carlos Ghosn escaped Japan in a box

 

Former Nissan chairman Carlos Ghosn became an international fugitive after fleeing house arrest in Japan in 2019. In an exclusive interview with the BBC, Mr Ghosn explains how he disguised himself to slip unnoticed through the streets of Tokyo, why a large music equipment box was chosen to smuggle him out of Japan and the elation he felt when he finally landed in his native Lebanon.

2 Americans accused in Ghosn escape to go on trial June 14

 Michael and Peter Taylor who supposedly helped former Nissan CEO Carlos Ghosn skip bail in Japan and return to Lebanon are to go on "trail" in June. The reason I put trial in quotes is that, as certain as you know the sky is blue the Taylors will be convicted of helping Ghosn escape.  As jury trials are rare in Japan a panel of  judges will decide their guilt or innocence .  Just sound repetitive there is a 100% they will be found guilty.  In Japan suspects can be questioned without their lawyers present. That allows the prosecutors fabricate the narrative needed for conviction and there's nothing the defendants or their lawyers can do about it. 

  Michael Taylor and his son Peter are accused of hiding Ghosn in a music box so he could flee to Lebanon in late 2019. The Taylors have been denied bail at the Tokyo Detention Center and not available for comment.

Ghosn, arrested in 2018, was awaiting trial on financial misconduct allegations, including underreporting his compensation and breach of trust in diverting Nissan Motor Co. money for personal gain, when he fled. He says he is innocent.

Peter Taylor is accused of meeting with Ghosn and helping carry out the escape. The Taylors were paid at least $1.3 million, authorities say.

The Taylors argued in the U.S. courts they did not commit a crime because jumping bail is technically not a crime in Japan.