When he was released on bail, he still had severe restrictions. He was not allowed to meet with his wife, son, or daughter. He had limited use of a phone and could only access the internet from his attorney’s office.
Japanese prosecutors added new charges multiple times, both while he was jailed and after he was on bail. The UN panel said Monday that the “repeated arrest of Mr. Ghosn appears to be an abuse of process intended to ensure that he remained in custody,” and concluded it was “an extrajudicial abuse of process that can have no legal basis under international law.”
Ghosn escapes with the help of Americans
In 2019, it is alleged that former Green Beret Michael L. Taylor and his team were paid to help Ghosn escape to Lebanon. The ex-Nissan boss was concealed in a large music equipment box used and flown out of Japan on a private jet.
A citizen of Lebanon, Ghosn is safe from extradition, since the country has no extradition treaty with Japan. But Taylor and his son have been jailed for 6 months with no bail, at the Norfolk County Correctional Center in Massachusetts.
