by Bob Walsh
Carlos Ghosn used to be the HMFIC of Nissan. He was facing trial in Japan for financial misconduct. He just jumped bail ($14 million U.S.) and fled the country. He surfaced in his native Lebanon. There is serious doubt as to whether or no Lebanon will extradite him. They note that he entered the country on a valid passport and has committed no crime in Lebanon.
There is a "red notice" out on him thru Interpol, but that is not the same as a formal arrest warrant. He traveled thru Turkey and the Turks have arrested several people on suspicion of complicity in his travel to Lebanon.
Ghosn also holds valid passports from France and Brazil.
Ghosn had some unkind things to say about the Japanese criminal justice system. His comments might be warranted. Their criminal court system has a conviction rate of slightly over 99%.
2 comments:
The crime rate in Japan is low. In fact it has fallen for the past 14 years. The country is saturated with police officers.
Interestingly enough though their recidivism rate is high. Almost all of the truly serious crime there is committed by long term multi-generational criminals. There is virtually zero casual crime there I understand.
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