Carlos Ghosn: Timeline of escape from Japan to Lebanon on private jet - Business Insider

• Nissan’s ex-CEO Carlos Ghosn enraged Japan this week by vanishing from house arrest to reappear in Lebanon, beyond the reach of Japanese officials.
• The audacious escape, a breach of his bail conditions, has still not been fully explained, but details are gradually emerging.
• It appears to have involved private jets, a second passport, and rumors that Ghosn escaped the country hidden in a box meant for musical instruments.
• Here is everything we know so far about the escape.
• Visit Business Insider’s homepage for more stories.

The former CEO of Nissan, Carlos Ghosn, fled Japan on Sunday night, secretly taking two private planes to return to his native home of Lebanon.

Ghosn faces a length jail term in Japan if found guilty of the four counts of financial mismanagement with which he was charged after his arrest in November 2018.

Having escaped Japanese authorities, Ghosn said that he was being subjected to a rigged trial where his guilt was predetermined. His escape was initially a mystery, but details have been emerging in the days since.

Here is what we know so far.

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November 19, 2018: Carlos Ghosn is arrested in Japan, accused of hiding tens of millions of dollars in payments. It would be more than a year until his escape.

Foto: A court sketch shows Carlos Ghosn making a statement at the Tokyo District Court on January 8, 2019.sourcePhoto by Kyodo News via Getty Images

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Ghosn is first held in jail for months, as officials feared he could flee. They would later be proved right.

Foto: The Tokyo detention house, where former Nissan chairman Carlos Ghosn was jailed until March 2019.sourceMARTIN BUREAU/AFP/Getty Images

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March 6, 2019: Ghosn is allowed to leave jail, but was placed under house arrest in Tokyo, with 24/7 surveillance.

Foto: The home of former Nissan chairman Carlos Ghosn in Tokyo, before he fled to Lebanon.sourceREUTERS/Tim Kelly

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Ghosn was told to give up his four passports — two French, one Lebanese, and one Brazilian, to make it harder to flee. But in May 2019 he is allowed to take back a French one.

Foto: A selection of passports.sourceFlickr/Baigal Byamba

Japan’s courts allowed Ghosn to access the second passport for use inside Japan, Agency France Press (AFP) reported.

An official from the Lebanese foreign ministry told Reuters that Ghosn entered the country legally using the French passport.

Source: Business Insider

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October 2019: A private security company started organizing the escape, reports say, with around three months of planning.

Foto: This March, 2019, file photo shows former Nissan Chairman Carlos Ghosn, right, and his wife Carole in Tokyo.sourceAssociated Press

According to Imad Ajami, a friend of Ghosn and a Lebanese consultant based in Tokyo, Ghosn’s wife Carole helped coordinate the escape.

Ajami, speaking to Japan’s Kyodo News, said that two operatives helped Ghosn escape: a former US Marine and a second workers from Lebanon.

Sources close to Ghosn told Reuters that the trigger for his escape was him learning that his trial may be delayed until April 2021.

He is also said to have been frustrated that he was banned from communicating with his wife, and that his internet access was restricted.

(Ghosn has denied that any of his family members played a role.)

Source: Reuters, Hürriyet, Kyodo News

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Midday, December 29: Ghosn is reportedly seen on security tape leaving his Tokyo home.

Foto: Former Nissan Motor Chairman Carlos Ghosn in Tokyo.sourceReuters

Source: NHK

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A conflicting report, from Lebanese news outlet MTV, says Ghosn was smuggled from his home concealed inside a case for a large musical instrument.

Foto: A portrait of ousted Nissan chairman Carlos Ghosn is seen on a publicity billboard in his support at a street in Beirut on December 6, 2018.sourceOSEPH EID/AFP via Getty Images

MTV reported that a group of men, in the guise of a “ music band“ were hired to play at a dinner at Ghosn’s home, and carried him out when they left.

Ghosn is 5’6″.

This part of the story has been contested: Carole Ghosn described it as „fiction“ according to Reuters, though she did not offer an alternative explanation..

Source: Guardian, MTV, Business Insider, Sky News

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11 p.m., December 29: Ghosn leaves Japan via Osaka’s Kansai Airport.

Foto: Kansai International Airport arrivals.sourceFlickr/Luke Ma

Source: NHK, Reuters, Hürriyet

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Turkish private aviation company MNG Jet said that its planes carried Ghosn, but that a rogue employee took the jets under false pretenses.

Foto: A photo showing several of those arrested in Turkey in connection with the escape of Carlos Ghosn at a police station in Istanbul on Friday.sourceReuters

A January 3 statement said: „In December 2019, MNG Jet leased two separate private jets to two different clients.“

„One private jet from Dubai to Osaka and Osaka to Istanbul, and another private jet from Istanbul to Beirut. The two leases were seemingly not connected to each other.“

MNG said it has filed a criminal complaint against one of its employees who they say helped Ghosn escape Japan without their knowledge..

Source: MNG Jet

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5:15 a.m. December 30: The plane carrying Ghosn lands in Istanbul, Turkey, having flown over Russia.

Foto: Airplanes at Istanbul Ataturk Airport in Istanbul, Turkey.sourceResul Muslu/shutterstock

Two of those on board the plane make themselves known to Turkish airport authorities, but Ghosn does not.

Data from the flight-tracking website Flightradar24 shows a private plane leaving Osaka, Japan, and traveling to Istanbul on the day of Ghosn’s escape.

Source: Hürriyet

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6 a.m.: 45 minutes after landing, Ghosn leaves Istanbul on a second MNG jet bound for Beirut, Lebanon.

Foto: Ataturk airport in Istanbul.sourceWikimedia Commons

Two of those on board the plane made themselves known to Turkish airport authorities, Ghosn does not.

The plane is identified as a long-range business jet with the tail number the TC-TSR.

Source: Hürriyet

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Ghosn reportedly used his second French passport and his Lebanese identity card at the border.

Foto: Former Nissan Motor Chairman Carlos Ghosn arrives at his place of residence in Tokyo.sourceReuters

Ghosn entered Lebanon legally and therfore will not face any legal action, Lebanon’s General Directorate of General Security later said.

Source: NHK, Reuters

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Ghosn is then thought to have travelled to his home in Ashrafieh, central Beirut.

Foto: Passers-by and Lebanese Internal Security Forces (ISF) officers pictured outside the house of Carlos Ghosn in Ashrafieh on December 31, 2019 in Beirut, Lebanon.sourceJacob Russell/Getty Images

Source: Times of London

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Later on December 30, Ghosn reportedly meets with Lebanese president Michel Aoun.

Foto: Lebanon President Michel Aoun.sourceStephane Mahe/AP

A source told Reuters that Ghosn was in a „buoyant and combative mood“ when he left the meeting, and that he „felt secure.“

The source said that Ghosn „thanked Aoun for the support he had given him and his wife“ and asked for „the protection and security of his government.“

A spokesman for the president denied to Reuters that the meeting happened.

Source: Reuters

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December 31: Ghosn confirms his escape and attacks the „rigged Japanese justice system.“

Foto: A statement sent to media on behalf of Carlos Ghosn.sourceLisa Du/Twitter

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Late on December 31, the Tokyo district court revokes Ghosn’s bail agreement, meaning he will forfeit the $14 million paid so far.

Foto: A general view of the Tokyo District Court on April 11, 2019 in Tokyo, Japan.sourcePhoto by Takashi Aoyama/Getty Images

Source: The Mainichi

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Ghosn’s lawyer in Japan says later that day that he is „surprised and baffled“ at his client’s escape.

Foto: Junichiro Hironaka, a lawyer for ousted former Nissan Motor Co CEO Carlos Ghosn, speaks to media reporters on December 31.sourceAsahi Shimbun via Getty Images

Source: The Times of London

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Back in Beirut, TV crews start to surround Ghosn’s house.

Foto: Journalists gather around unidentified visitors arriving to a house referenced by court documents as belonging to former Nissan chief Carlos Ghosn in the Lebanese capital Beirut on Thursday.sourcePhoto by JOSEPH EID/AFP via Getty Images

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That night, Ghosn is seen celebrating New Years Eve with his family in a photo published by French broadcaster TF1.

Foto: A photo published by TF1 on Thursday purporting to show Carlos Ghosn (C) and his wife Carole (R) celebrating New Year’s Eve in Beirut.sourceTF1

Source: TF1

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January 2: Turkish authorities detain four pilots and three workers at Ataturk Airport in over Ghosn’s escape.

Foto: Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.sourceReuters

Source: Business Insider

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Back in Japan, prosecutors raid his Tokyo home for evidence.

Foto: A Japanese prosecutor carries bags as he leaves the residence of former auto tycoon Carlos Ghosn in Tokyo on January 2, 2020.sourcePhoto by STR/JIJI PRESS/AFP via Getty Images

Prosecutors took security cameras down from the walls and took personal belongings.

Source: Nikkei

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Also on January 2, Lebanon receives an Interpol „Red Notice“ asking for Ghosn’s arrest.

Foto: An Interpol signage at Interpol World in Singapore.sourceReuters

A is a request for local law enforcement to hand over a suspect. It is not legally binding.

Source: Business Insider

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That evening, Lebanon’s Justice Minister Albert Serhan says Lebanon does not plan to extradite Ghosn.

Foto: Albert Serhan.sourceNational News Agency Lebanon

Source: The Associated Press

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Lebanese media report that Ghosn is to give a press conference in Beirut on January 8.

Foto: In this image made from video released by Carlos Ghosn via his lawyer Tuesday, April 9, 2019, former Nissan chairman Ghosn speaks on camera in Tokyo.sourceAssociated Press

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Flight records of Ghosn escape falsified to hide auto exec's travel, jet firm says - Fox Business

George Mason University National Security Institute director Jamil Jaffer discusses whether Lebanon will extradite former Nissan chairman Carlos Ghosn.

ANKARA, Turkey — A Turkish airline company whose jets were used to fly former Nissan Chairman Carlos Ghosn from Japan to Lebanon said an employee falsified records and that Ghosn's name did not appear on any documentation related to the flights.

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Ghosn earlier this week jumped bail in Japan and fled to Lebanon rather than face trial on financial misconduct charges in a dramatic escape that has confounded and embarrassed authorities.

How he was able to flee Japan, avoiding the tight surveillance he was under while free on 1.5 billion yen ($14 million) bail, is still a mystery, though Lebanese authorities have said he entered the country legally on a French passport.

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Ghosn's daring escape spanned three continents and involved private planes, multiple passports and international intrigue. Turkey detained seven people Thursday as part of an investigation into how he passed through the country, and they were appearing in court Friday. The private DHA news agency reported that those detained were four pilots, a cargo company manager and two airport workers.

Also Friday, Istanbul-based MNG Jet said it had filed a criminal complaint in Turkey concerning the illegal use of its jet charter services.

It did not say who the complaint was against, but it said one company employee, who was under investigation by the Turkish authorities, admitted to falsifying records and "confirmed that he acted in his individual capacity" without MNG Jet's knowledge.

The company said it had leased two separate private jets: one private jet from Dubai to Osaka , Japan, and Osaka to Istanbul and another private jet from Istanbul to Beirut.

Former Nissan Chairman Carlos Ghosn is driven through Tokyo after posting 1 billion yen ($8.9 million) in bail in March 2019. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko. File)

"The two leases were seemingly not connected to each other. The name of Mr Ghosn did not appear in the official documentation of any of the flights," MNG Jet said in a statement. The statement did not say who the jets were leased to.

NISSAN DIRECTORS: WHO HELPED CARLOS GHOSN?

On Thursday, Interpol issued a wanted notice for Ghosn. Lebanese Justice Minister Albert Serhan told The Associated Press in an interview that Lebanon “will carry out its duties,” suggesting for the first time that the automotive titan may be brought in for questioning. But he said Ghosn entered the country on a legal passport, and he appeared to cast doubt on the possibility Lebanon would hand Ghosn over to Japan.

Shortly after the Interpol notice, Ghosn issued a statement — his second this week — seeking to distance his Lebanese wife and family from any role in his escape.

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“The allegations in the media that my wife, Carole, and other members of my family played a role in my departure from Japan are false and misleading. I alone organized my departure. My family played no role,” he said.

Ghosn, who is Lebanese and also holds French and Brazilian passports, was set to go on trial in Japan in April. He arrived in Lebanon on Monday via Turkey and hasn't been seen in public since. In a statement Tuesday, he said he fled to avoid “political persecution” by a “rigged Japanese justice system.”

CARLOS GHOSN ON JAPAN ESCAPE: 'MY FAMILY HAD NO ROLE'

His lawyer in France, Francois Zimeray, told Japanese public broadcaster NHK TV that he was in frequent contact with Ghosn since he arrived in Lebanon, and Ghosn appeared to be filled with “a fighting spirit." Ghosn was eager to start clearing his name at a news conference next week, Zimeray said.

Ghosn, who grew up in Beirut and frequently visited, is a national hero to many in this Mediterranean country with close ties to senior politicians and business stakes in a number of companies. People take special pride in the auto industry executive, who is credited with leading a spectacular turnaround at Nissan beginning in the late 1990s and rescuing the automaker from near-bankruptcy.

Ghosn, who is charged in Japan with under-reporting his future compensation and breach of trust, has repeatedly asserted his innocence, saying authorities trumped up charges to prevent a possible fuller merger between Nissan Motor Co. and Renault.

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U.S. strike against Soleimani was reaction to Iran provocations: Germany - Reuters.com

BERLIN (Reuters) - The U.S. strike in Iraq that killed Iran Quds Force chief Qassem Soleimani was a reaction to military provocations by the Islamic Republic, a German government spokeswoman said on Friday.

“The American action was a reaction to a series of military provocations for which Iran is responsible,” Ulrike Demmer said during a regular government news conference.

“We also see with great concern Iran’s activities in the region. We stand before a dangerous escalation,” she said, adding that Germany would work to de-escalate the situation.

Writing by Joseph Nasr, editing by Thomas Escritt

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U.S. Stock Futures Fall After Airstrike Kills Iranian Commander - Yahoo Finance

(Bloomberg) -- U.S. stock-index futures fell after an American airstrike in Iraq killed a top Iranian commander.

S&P 500 Index futures contracts expiring in March were down 1.1% as of 10:19 a.m. in London after the attack that killed Qassem Soleimani, the Iranian general who led the Revolutionary Guards’ Quds force. Dow Jones Industrial Average contracts and those on the Nasdaq 100 also fell.

Oil spiked, with futures in New York and London surging 4% or more, as Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei vowed “severe retaliation” after the death of one of his country’s top commanders. Gold also surged. The Stoxx Europe 600 Index dropped 0.7%.

“The ‘severe retaliation’ aspect is possibly what is scaring the markets as it could mean that there will be a counter-attack versus American diplomats,” said Alberto Tocchio, chief investment officer at Colombo Wealth in Lugano, Switzerland. “Markets could use this excuse to take some profits as sentiment and positioning are possibly too high.”

The S&P 500 Index climbed 0.8% to a fresh record in New York on Thursday, boosted by tech shares including Apple and Alphabet. The gain extended the benchmark gauge’s 29% advance for 2019.

In addition to the Middle East situation, investors are keeping an eye on geopolitical tension surrounding North Korea, where Kim Jong Un said he was no longer bound by his pledge to halt major missile tests and would soon debut a “new strategic weapon.”

“We are only into the third day of the new year, and a big fat dollop of geopolitical uncertainty has landed on investors’ desks already,” Jeffrey Halley, a senior market analyst at Oanda in Singapore, wrote in a note. “Readers now know why I am reluctant to look past 1Q of the new year at this stage,” Halley said, adding that the holiday-shortened week shifts the focus to “the real start of the trading year” on Monday.

MARKETS:

E-Mini futures on S&P down 1.1%E-Mini futures on Dow Jones down 0.9%E-Mini futures on Nasdaq 1.3% lowerVIX Index trading 23% higherWTI crude futures up 3.7% to $63.43/bblBloomberg spot dollar index up 0.2%

ECONOMIC DATA:

10:00 - Nov. Construction Spending MoM est. 0.4% (prior -0.8%)10:00 - Dec. ISM Manufacturing est. 48.9 (prior 48.1)10:00 - Dec. ISM New Orders (prior 47.2)10:00 - Dec. ISM Prices Paid est. 48.1 (prior 46.7)10:00 - Dec. ISM Employment (prior 46.6)14:00 - Dec 11 FOMC Meeting Minutes15:00 - Dec. Wards Total Vehicle Sales est. 17.00m (prior 17.09m)

EARNINGS:

Companies reporting earnings include Lamb Weston

--With assistance from Ksenia Galouchko.

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New Clues Emerge in Carlos Ghosn’s Escape From Japan - The New York Times

TOKYO — New clues emerged on Friday on how Carlos Ghosn pulled off his audacious escape from Japan, as a Turkish charter jet company said its planes were used illegally to pull off the plan, while the Japanese news media reported that surveillance camera footage showed the disgraced auto industry mogul leaving his Tokyo home on Sunday by himself.

Taken together, the disclosures paint a picture of a dash across Japan to a waiting plane that swept Mr. Ghosn across Asia to Lebanon. Still, most of the details of Mr. Ghosn’s getaway remain murky and unconfirmed. The authorities in Japan and Turkey still appear to be investigating how he did it.

Mr. Ghosn — who has maintained his innocence — was facing four charges of financial wrongdoing in Japan and was set to go on trial sometime next year. But he escaped instead, saying that he did not trust what he called the “rigged” Japanese justice system to give him a fair trial. He built and once ran the Nissan-Renault auto alliance, one of the world’s biggest car-making empires, but was arrested after arriving in Tokyo in November 2018.

In Turkey on Friday, MNG Jet, an aircraft charter company, said one of its employees had falsified records to remove Mr. Ghosn’s name from the official documentation for two flights. The company said the employee confessed to acting alone, without management’s knowledge. MNG Jet did not disclose the employee’s name.

News outlets in Turkey reported this week that Mr. Ghosn left on a plane from Osaka, Japan, late Sunday aboard a business jet and landed at Istanbul Ataturk Airport. He then switched planes and flew to Beirut, the reports said.

The news accounts match the flight records of a Bombardier business aircraft operated by MNG Jet that took off from Osaka just after 11 p.m. local time and landed in Istanbul about 12 hours later, according to data from FlightAware, a flight tracking service.

MNG Jet said it had no indication the two flights were connected. It said it filed its criminal complaint in Turkey on Wednesday and that it “hopes that the people who illegally used and/or facilitated the use of the services of the company will be duly prosecuted.”

It is not clear how Mr. Ghosn, who was under heavy surveillance in Tokyo, could have eluded the authorities and make his way to Osaka, which is roughly 300 miles west of Tokyo.

In Japan on Friday, news outlets reported that Mr. Ghosn walked out of his Tokyo home alone on Sunday but never came back. The news reports cited anonymous sources with knowledge of footage of the cameras surrounding his rented house in a central district of the city.

Prosecutors are investigating whether Mr. Ghosn, after leaving his home, met up with a group that helped his escape to Lebanon, according to the national broadcaster NHK and the economic daily Nikkei Shimbun.

The footage described in the news reports was from security cameras installed in front of the two-story house in an upscale neighborhood in the city center, the outlets reported, citing sources close to the investigation. Three surveillance cameras had been installed above the doorway of Mr. Ghosn’s house as part of a bail agreement that placed tight restrictions on his movements and ability to communicate with the outside world.

The mystery has fed into some colorful theories. At least one Lebanese news media outlet had reported that Mr. Ghosn was smuggled out of his home in a musical instrument box. Lebanese officials have said Mr. Ghosn — who is a citizen of France, Lebanon and Brazil — arrived legally with a French passport, even though he had agreed to surrender three of his passports to his lawyers as a condition of his bail.

The Japanese authorities have stayed conspicuously silent about the escape of the country’s most high-profile criminal defendant. Prosecutors raided Mr. Ghosn’s Tokyo home on Thursday afternoon. Mr. Ghosn’s departure appeared to be timed for the eve of Japan’s weeklong New Year’s holiday, the country’s most important.

Still, signs are mounting that Japanese officials are responding. On Thursday, Albert Serhan, the Lebanese justice minister, said that the country’s public prosecutor had received a red notice from Interpol related to Mr. Ghosn’s case, according to the state-run National News Agency. Such a notice is issued for individuals wanted for prosecution or to serve a sentence.

Interpol’s online list of public red notices did not show an entry for Mr. Ghosn as of early Friday.

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2020-01-03 08:59:00Z
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Stocks open first trading day of year close to record highs as investors cheer China stimulus - MarketWatch

Major U.S. stock benchmarks opened higher Thursday, a day after markets were closed for New Year's Day, following news that China's central bank will loosen requirements for banks to set aside a portion of assets as reserves, a move expected to increase lending and boost growth in the world's second-largest economy. The Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, +0.43% rose 130 points, or 0.5% to 28,664, the S&P 500 index SPX, +0.25% advanced 15 points, or 0.4% to about 3,245 and the Nasdaq Composite index COMP, +0.52% gained 60 points, or 0.7% to hit 9,031. Data on new applications for jobless benefits fell to a four-week low, reinforcing perceptions of a tight labor market and a healthy U.S. consumer.

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Turkey detains pilots over ex-Nissan CEO Carlos Ghosn's escape through Istanbul - New York Post

Turkish authorities on Thursday detained seven people – including four pilots – as part of the widening probe into former Nissan CEO Carlos Ghosn’s wild escape from Japan as he transited through Istanbul en route to Lebanon.

The other people held were two airport ground workers and one cargo worker, a police spokeswoman told Reuters, which reported that the accused embezzler had arrived in Beirut on a private jet from Istanbul on Monday.

Meanwhile, Japanese prosecutors raided the accused embezzler’s Tokyo home after he skipped bail while on house arrest and was smuggled out of the country in a musical instrument case.

The Turkish Hurriyet news outlet, citing an interior ministry official, said border police were not notified about Ghosn’s arrival — and that neither his entry nor exit were registered, according to Reuters.

A plane carrying Ghosn arrived at 5:30 a.m. Monday in Istanbul’s Ataturk Airport, Hurriyet reported, adding that prosecutors ordered the arrests after widening their investigation.

Flight tracking data indicates that Ghosn used two different planes to fly into Istanbul and then continue to Lebanon.

Japanese authorities allowed Ghosn — who holds French, Lebanese and Brazilian citizenship — to carry a spare French passport in a locked case while out on bail, public broadcaster NHK reported Thursday.

Ghosn, who was first arrested in Tokyo in November 2018, faces four charges, including hiding income and enriching himself through payments to car dealerships in the Middle East.

He has repeatedly denied the charges, saying authorities trumped up the charges to prevent a possible fuller merger between Nissan and alliance partner Renault SA. He is expected to address the media next week.

On Tuesday, Ghosn said in a statement that he left for Lebanon because he thought the Japanese judicial system was unjust, and he wanted to avoid “political persecution.”

Lebanese officials have said that Ghosn entered the country legally, and that there was no reason to take action against him.

Selim Jreissati, the Lebanese minister for presidential affairs, told the An-Nahar newspaper that Ghosn entered with a French passport and Lebanese ID.

A court in Tokyo had allowed Ghosn to keep a second French passport as he needed one to travel inside Japan, a source told Agence France-Presse on Thursday.

“He had to keep this passport” to prove his short-stay status, the source said. “There was permission from the court.”

The Japanese government is likely to ask Lebanon to extradite Ghosn through diplomatic channels, though Beirut has no extradition accord with Tokyo.

The French government on Thursday said it would not extradite Ghosn if he arrived in the country because it does not extradite its nationals.

With Post wires

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