Searches in Japan, stopped in Turkey, a request to arrest Interpol. But Carlos Ghosn's escape from Tokyo and his arrival in Beirut remain shrouded in mystery, just as his extradition to face the accusations of Japanese justice seems unlikely. Lebanon, in fact, does not have an extradition treaty with Japan, while France, of which the former president of Renault-Nissan has citizenship, has clarified that if it were to enter the country it would not be returned.
The former car magnate who fell out of favor - who is also a citizen of Brazil and Lebanon - tries to remove suspicions of complicity in the escape of members of his family, but also of managers from other countries, claiming to have "organized by only "his departure from Japan. "The media claims that my wife Carole and other family members played a role in my departure are false and untrue," says Ghosn. But the questions that remain unanswered are many. It is not clear how the strict measures of probation to which Ghosn was subjected allowed him to establish the contacts necessary to escape Japanese justice, which accuses him of tax and financial fraud. Sources quoted by the AFP agency report that the former tycoon would have rented a private jet taken off from Kansai airport to reach Turkey. From here, with another private plane, he arrived in Lebanon, where he entered legally exhibiting one of his two French passports and the Lebanese identity card.