Japan formally asks U.S. for extradition for the Michael and Peter Taylor: https://www.msn.com/en-ca/money/topstories/japan-asks-us-to-extradite-men-accused-of-helping-ex-nissan-boss-ghosn-flee/ar-BB16gI0a?li=AAggNb9
Here's a pretty in-depth look at the situation at Nissan that created this situation. https://www.bloomberg.com/features/2020-ghosn-nada-nissan/
In depth is putting it mildly! When his book is published in November, hopefully should provide from his point of view more specific details in his defense.
Thanks for posting this Domenick. Maybe they can make some money for Nissan by selling the rights to the story to Netflix.
Nada arranged to have Ghosn's corporate email hacked, unbeknownst to key IT personnel or Nissan's CEO. This began months before Nada began working with prosecutors in a secret deal that afforded him immunity. José Muñoz, a former Nissan exec and ally of Ghosn's, feared arrest — and refused to Tokyo when summoned — after being tipped off by the U.S. and Spanish ambassadors to Japan. Muñoz is now chief operating officer at Hyundai. Top Nissan corporate counsel Ravinder Passi says he was retaliated against after raising complaints against Nada to Nissan's board. He says Nissan initiated a police raid of his home, which Bloomberg has on video. Nada purged other executives deemed rivals or disloyal and apparently became quite unpopular. He was assigned a bodyguard, a car and driver, and was placed in a $12,000-a-month luxury apartment. Nada's machinations at Nissan continued well after Ghosn was gone. He remains at Nissan in an advisory capacity and is scheduled to testify in January against former Nissan exec Greg Kelly, who was arrested along with Ghosn.
Thanks! I was able to find this June 2020 article: https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2020/06/15/business/corporate-business/nissan-carlos-ghosn-takedown/ Carlos Ghosn always said he was set up. Now there’s some evidence to support his claim. According to people familiar with what happened and previously unreported internal correspondence, the campaign by top Nissan Motor Co. executives to dethrone one of the most celebrated leaders in the automotive industry started almost a year before Ghosn’s arrest in late 2018 for alleged financial misconduct. The effort was motivated in part by opposition to the former chairman’s push for greater integration between the Japanese carmaker and long-time alliance partner Renault SA, the new information reveals. . . . I remain a somewhat disengaged observer but at the time, I thought the effects of this effort would turn out badly for those who started it: https://www.goodcarbadcar.net/nissan-us-sales-figures/ Code: Year Sales YOY Change US Marketshare Marketshare Change 2015 1,352,593 6.52 7.77 0.51 2016 1,426,430 5.46 8.15 4.65 2017 1,440,049 0.95 8.37 2.58 2018 1,344,597 -6.63 7.76 -7.79 2019 1,227,973 -8.67 7.21 -7.60 Bob Wilson
This has got to sting. https://asia.nikkei.com/Spotlight/Society/UN-panel-rebukes-Japanese-prosecutors-in-handling-Ghosn-case
Fall of the God of Cars It was inevitable, a six part TV series is in development from Oscar-winning director Alfonso Cuarón, featuring Tony Shalhoub as Carlos Ghosn. Can hardly wait to see how this plays out on screen