Americans Who Masterminded Carlos Ghosn’s Escape Now in Japanese Custody

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A special forces veteran and his son who allegedly spirited the ex-Nissan CEO out of Tokyo while he was awaiting trial are now facing charges of their own

Carlos Ghosn, former chairman of Nissan Motor Co., as he leaves his residence for a pre-trial hearing at the Tokyo District Court in Tokyo, Japan, on Thursday, May 23, 2019. Photo: Toru Hanai/Bloomberg via Getty Images In 2019, when former Nissan CEO Carlos Ghosn was facing financial misconduct charges in Japan, he did what any wealthy person in an untenable situation would do: he fled, on a private jet, hidden inside of a large box usually used for transporting loudspeakers.

The Taylors’ legal team has been resisting extradition since the father and son were locked up last year. According to the AP, they hired former Trump administration attorney Ty Cobb as an “attempt to get Trump to block the extradition before he left office,” but were unsuccessful. In February, Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer denied the bid to put the Taylors extradition on hold.

To get Ghosn out of Japan, Taylor recruited other ex-Special Forces agents, and eventually they figured out that the best way to get a person out of a country undetected was on a private jet, inside of a very big box. They left on a day where the surveillance feed from the security cameras inside Ghosn’s apartment would not be collected, and met at a hotel where the former CEO was allowed to eat lunch.

 

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