A security operative and ex-Green Beret was reportedly part of an audacious plan to smuggle auto executive Carlos Ghosn out of Japan where prosecutors charged him with numerous financial crimes. Taylor’s decision to help Ghosn was borne out of his own experiences in the U.S. judicial system. “I learned about Carlos Ghosn’s plight, and felt very much like him, in the sense that we were both held hostage in an unfair legal system,” Taylor told WSJ. (RELATED: World-Renowned Auto Exec Escapes Trial In Japan: Report)International law enforcement officials said Ghosn left his house in Tokyo on foot before heading to Osaka, Japan, NPR reported. Ghosn is a citizen of Brazil, France and Lebanon, none of which have extradition treaty agreements with Japan.

Source: Wall Street Journal January 18, 2020 21:16 UTC