BREAKING: Lebanon receives Interpol wanted notice for Nissan ex-Chair
Last Updated Thursday, January 2, 2020 7:54AM EST
Ghosn has skipped bail before a trial on financial misconduct charges and fled to Lebanon via Turkey. Authorities have said that he entered legally on a French passport. But he said that Lebanon and Japan do not have an extradition treaty, ruling out the possibility that Beirut would hand Ghosn over to JapanJapanese prosecutors on Thursday raided the Tokyo home of former Nissan Chairman Carlos Ghosn after he skipped bail and fled to Lebanon before his trial on financial misconduct charges.
Lebanon has said Ghosn entered the country legally, and there was no reason to take action against him. Japanese public broadcaster NHK TV, without identifying sources, reported Thursday that Ghosn had two French passports. The private DHA news agency reported that those detained are 4 pilots, a cargo company manager and two airport workers.
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