The authorities there had arrested him in late 2018 on charges of financial misconduct, including underreporting his income to evade taxes while heading Nissan. An internal review by Nissan at the time found that from 2011 to 2018, Mr. Ghosn authorized over $30 million in discretionary payments to a business partner in Oman. Mr. Ghosn’s flight to Lebanon was strategic: The country does not have extradition treaties with Japan or France, meaning the authorities do not need to honor their arrest requests. France has been conducting its own investigation parallel to that in Japan, and prosecutors visited Beirut, Lebanon’s capital, twice in the past year to question Mr. Ghosn. He would need to travel to France to be formally indicted and to gain access to the details of the charges made against him.

Source: International New York Times April 22, 2022 21:24 UTC