The British newspaper The Times reported that a book awaiting publication next February in France will reveal that George Ghosn - the father of former President of Nissan and Renault Carlos Ghosn, who recently escaped from Japan to Lebanon - was a diamond smuggler and a killer, and that he spent more than ten years imprisoned in Lebanon because of his involvement In the murder of a priest during the sixties and seventies.
The newspaper pointed out that the book that will bear the title "the fugitive" will show that the issue of involvement in cases and hesitation over the courts is rooted in the Carlos Ghosn family, after his father, George Ghosn, was involved in the newspaper killing a Christian cleric in Lebanon whose facts took place in 1960, and it is likely that their motives are financial Because of their involvement in the smuggling of diamonds, gold, hard currencies and drugs.
Carlos Ghosn had portrayed himself as the son of a diligent religious family in a biography he wrote when he was at the top of the global auto industry before Western media revealed that he was hiding a deep secret about his father related to his involvement in a murder during the 1960s.
| Carlos Ghosn presented himself as the son of a religious and diligent family (Anatolia) |
The data related to Carlos Ghosn's father appeared a day after he held a press conference in Beirut to explain the reasons for his escape from Japan, where a trial on charges of corruption awaits him, and he said he lost confidence in her fairness.
The murder
The French newspaper Le Figaro revealed that its correspondent in Japan, Reggie Arnaud, conducted an investigation into a murder. The French magazine, Lunouville Observator, revealed the involvement of Carlos Ghosn's father in 1960 in Lebanon as he prepared the book.
She added that the investigation showed that Bishara, the grandfather of Carlos, left his village in Mount Lebanon to Brazil, where he built a fortune and fathered eight children - including George, the father of Ghosn Carlos - and said that his name (George) published several times "Manchettat" newspaper "Lorient" - the largest French media In the Levant - 1960 As involved in the murder of a smuggled monk.
The newspaper wrote that Khoury Paul Massaad was killed by gunfire, and that he was a specialist with partners - including George Ghosn - in smuggling diamonds, gold, hard currencies and drugs, and the cause of the crime may be the result of a financial dispute.
Details of the crime
The newspaper added that George Ghosn was arrested three days after the date of the crime, and assured the investigators that the operation was an intimidating attempt that ended in a bad way, while a second man who was arrested at the time confirmed the suspicion that he was the first to shoot the priest; that George Ghosn was from End the victim's life by shooting him again.
The L'Orient newspaper reported that George Ghosn was sentenced to death on January 9, 1961, after he was convicted of masterminding the operation and participating in the assassination of Father Massad, but the sentence was reduced after the appeal on December 20, 1962 to 15 years in prison, He then left prison in November 1970.
The newspaper added that George Ghosn worked since his release from prison to manufacture counterfeit banknotes, and was able to sell one million dollars of them, and was arrested and in possession of 34 thousand dollars forged, which made him at the time threatened with a penalty of up to 15 years of hard work.