Former Chairman Ghosn has been arrested by Americans arrested May 21, 19:18
Carlos Ghosn, a former chairman of Nissan Motor Co., was accused of fleeing to Lebanon in the Middle East, and one in two Americans arrested for helping him escape from five months before the flight to early December. Has repeatedly visited Japan, and was found to have been in contact with former Ghosn at least seven times, according to a document released by the court.
U.S. law enforcement officials requested the Japanese side to suspect Michael Taylor (59) and his son Peter Taylor (27) who have been arrested by the Tokyo District Public Prosecutor's Office. I was arrested in Eastern Massachusetts on the 20th.
The two are suspected of helping former chairman Carlos Ghosn, who was released on bail last December, from Japan using a private jet to escape to Lebanon.
Japan and the U.S. have signed a treaty on the transfer of suspects, and a court in Massachusetts took judicial proceedings to hand over the two to Japan on the 20th, prior to the suspicion. We have published a document that describes the contents.
According to this, the son of the two, Peter Taylor, visited Japan at least three times from July last year, five months before the exodus of Ghosn, to the beginning of December, It seems that he had met seven times.
Also, on the day of this arrest, he was planning to leave the United States for Lebanon.
Regarding the identities of the two, if the court determines that the delivery to Japan is possible, then the State Department will also make a final decision on whether or not the delivery is possible.
The footsteps of the two suspects
According to a published document, the son of two, Peter Taylor, visited Japan at least three times between July last year and early December, five months before Ghosn's exodus. It seems that he had met with the former chairman 7 times.
He said that he visited Japan again on December 28, the day before the ex-chairman fled, and had met with the ex-chairman for about an hour at a hotel in Tokyo.
Meanwhile, his father, Michael Taylor, was on a private jet from Dubai, UAE, to the Kansai airport on December 29, around 10 am on the day of the flight, along with another suspect who had not yet been arrested. It is supposed to have arrived.
A security camera capturing the situation at that time shows two suspected Michael Taylors carrying two large boxes out of their private jets, like a container for music equipment.
After checking in at a hotel near Kansai Airport, they headed from Shin-Osaka Station to Tokyo, and it seems that after 3 pm on the 29th, at a hotel in Tokyo, they met with former chairman Ghosn and suspect Peter Taylor. about it.
And while Peter Taylor heads to China from Narita Airport, Michael Taylor and the other two went to Osaka with former chairman Ghosn and entered the hotel where he was checking in at 8:00 pm. It means that
However, about two hours later, when he left the room before 10:00 pm, there was no former chairman of Ghosn, and it was past 11:00 pm, and Michael Taylor and three others were heading to Lebanon by a private jet to reach the destination. It is said that he departed from Kansai Airport for Turkey.
Among his parents, his father Michael Taylor returned to America from Dubai in February, and his son Peter Taylor also returned to America from Dubai in March.