Carlos Ghosn

The former auto executive, who forged Nissan’s carmaking alliance with Renault SA and Mitsubishi Motors Corp., filed his claims with the public prosecutor in the Court of Cassation in Lebanon, where he has lived since his dramatic escape from Japan in late 2019 to flee trial.

France issues arrest warrant for disgraced auto tycoon Carlos Ghosn

Nanterre prosecutors’ office in France said Friday that the arrest warrant for the former head of Nissan and Renault is among five issued by them.

Carlos Ghosn aide Kelly gets 6-month suspended sentence in Nissan trial

Prosecutors had sought a two-year sentence for Kelly, an American citizen who was detained alongside Ghosn in November 2018. The sentence will be suspended for three years, the judge said Thursday.

American duo sentenced to prison by Tokyo court for helping Carlos Ghosn flee Japan

Michael Taylor and his son Peter pleaded guilty and apologised to the court last month saying they regretted their role in smuggling Ghosn out of Japan hidden in a box aboard a private jet from Japan’s Kansai airport.

Carlos Ghosn pledges lengthy fight to clear his name

The Lebanese-French executive said he had answered hundreds of questions from French investigators earlier this month in hearings centred around allegations of financial misconduct in France.

Explained: Who are Americans on trial in Carlos Ghosn's escape

The Taylors were arrested in Massachusetts in May 2020 and extradited to Japan in March. They have not been released on bail and are not available for comment, which is standard in Japan. They were formally charged in March with helping a criminal escape.

Carlos Ghosn case haunts Japan a year after shock escape

Carlos Ghosn and Nissan continue to pursue each other through various legal actions.

French investigators to question Carlos Ghosn in Lebanon

Former auto executive Ghosn, who is a Lebanese, Brazilian and French national, fled Japan in a dramatic escape that drew headlines last year, arriving in Lebanon on December 30, 2019.

Ghosn says he is aiding those who helped him flee to Lebanon

Michael Taylor, a 59-year-old former Green Beret and private security specialist, and Peter Taylor, 27, are wanted by Japan on charges they helped Ghosn escape the country in December after he was released on bail.

Nissan denies corporate conspiracy to oust ex-chairman Carlos Ghosn

Ghosn's 2018 arrest in Japan on financial misconduct charges has led to much speculation that the move was orchestrated by Nissan executives who opposed closer ties with partner Renault SA .

Carlos Ghosn case | Nissan email chain provides evidence of plan to oust former chief: Report

The plan could have been prompted by Carlos Ghosn's push for greater integration between Nissan and alliance partner Renault

2 accused in ex-Nissan boss escape scheme fight extradition

Michael and Peter Taylor are wanted in Japan on allegations that they helped Ghosn flee the country in December while he was out on bail and awaiting trial on financial misconduct allegations.

Carlos Ghosn used Nissan-Mitsubishi venture to inflate pay: Lawyers

Ghosn, the former chairman of the Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi alliance, was arrested in Japan in 2018 on financial misconduct charges but fled to Lebanon last December.

In Dutch court, fugitive Carlos Ghosn fights for document release

A lawyer for Nissan-Mitsubishi dismissed demands by Ghosn's legal team for documents to be released.

Japan seeks arrests of 3 Americans accused of helping Carlos Ghosn escape

Prosecutors want to arrest Michael Taylor, a 59-year-old former Green Beret; his son, Peter Maxwell Taylor, 26; and George Antoine Zayek, 60. The warrant said they helped Ghosn avoid immigration checks and board a private jet in Osaka that took him to Turkey on the first leg of his escape.

Carlos Ghosn's right-hand man stands high chance of acquittal in Japan: Ex-prosecutor

Lawyer Nobuo Gohara, a vocal critic of what he describes as Japan's "hostage" justice system, met Ghosn in Japan on a number of occasions late last year before the former Nissan chairman's dramatic escape to Lebanon last month.

Carlos Ghosn's Japan lawyer quits after client's flight to Lebanon

Hironaka said in a statement that the entire team working on the case at his office will quit but did not outline reasons. He has said before he has felt some empathy for Ghosn's reasons for escape, while stressing he had hoped to win vindication in court.

Ex-Nissan boss Carlos Ghosn says French envoy told him of inside plot

"Frankly, I was shocked by the arrest and the first thing I asked is make sure Nissan knows so they can send me a lawyer," Ghosn told Reuters in an interview in Beirut.

Carlos Ghosn seeking "unfairly withheld" retirement benefit from Renault

A complaint has been filed by Ghosn with a French employment tribunal in Paris seeking retirement payment which he claims was "unfairly withheld".

Ghosn's Japan lawyer: Questioning averaged 7 hours a day

Takashi Takano said on his blog post Saturday the questioning continued through weekends, Thanksgiving and Christmas.

Japan failed to arrange fair trial for Carlos Ghosn: Lawyer

Francois Zimeray, French lawyer for Ghosn, said that it had been for Japan's prosecutors to prove Ghosn's guilt, not for Ghosn to prove his innocence.

Lebanon imposes travel ban on ex-Nissan boss Ghosn: Judicial source

The decision issued by the prosecutor, Judge Ghassan Ouiedat, also requires Ghosn to keep the authorities informed of his place of residence, the source said.

Lawyer of ex-Nissan chief Carlos Ghosn appears before Lebanon prosecutors

It was not immediately clear if Ghosn himself was at the hearing, though local media reported that he was and that he had entered through a side door, reserved for judges and lawyers, to avoid reporters.

Japan urges Carlos Ghosn to return as fugitive tycoon defends escape

Ghosn made his first public appearance since his audacious December escape at a combative press conference in Beirut on Wednesday, where he slammed Japan and said he had been forced to flee because he would not get a fair trial.

Nissan ex-chair Carlos Ghosn describes Japan arrest as a plot

Ghosn was defensive as he held a news conference in Beirut - his first appearance since fleeing Japan last month in a high-risk operation. He said the decision to escape the country, where he was due to stand trial for alleged financial misconduct at the automaker, "was the most difficult of my life."