WASHINGTON, DC: Japan has formally asked the United States to extradite two men who helped former Nissan chief executive Carlos Ghosn escape the country to avoid prosecution, a court filing showed on Thursday (Jul 2).
The men – security contractor and former US special forces member Michael Taylor and his son Peter – were taken into custody on May 20 after they were named earlier in a Japanese arrest warrant for participating in Ghosn's dramatic escape.
Advertisement
Advertisement
The Taylors were arrested in Harvard, Massachusetts as the son was preparing to travel to Lebanon, where Ghosn fled after sneaking out of Japan.
The United States and Japan have an extradition treaty, but Lebanon and Japan do not.
"Japan's requests for the extraditions of Michael L. Taylor and Peter M. Taylor have been submitted to the US Department of State in accordance with the extradition treaty between the United States and Japan," Andrew Lelling, the US attorney in Massachusetts, told a Boston court.
The Taylors and a Lebanese man named George-Antoine Zayek are accused of helping Ghosn flee Japan on Dec 29.
Advertisement
Advertisement
Ghosn, who led Nissan for nearly two decades before his arrest in 2018, was out on bail awaiting trial for alleged financial crimeRead More – Source
WASHINGTON, DC: Japan has formally asked the United States to extradite two men who helped former Nissan chief executive Carlos Ghosn escape the country to avoid prosecution, a court filing showed on Thursday (Jul 2).
The men – security contractor and former US special forces member Michael Taylor and his son Peter – were taken into custody on May 20 after they were named earlier in a Japanese arrest warrant for participating in Ghosn's dramatic escape.
Advertisement
Advertisement
The Taylors were arrested in Harvard, Massachusetts as the son was preparing to travel to Lebanon, where Ghosn fled after sneaking out of Japan.
The United States and Japan have an extradition treaty, but Lebanon and Japan do not.
"Japan's requests for the extraditions of Michael L. Taylor and Peter M. Taylor have been submitted to the US Department of State in accordance with the extradition treaty between the United States and Japan," Andrew Lelling, the US attorney in Massachusetts, told a Boston court.
The Taylors and a Lebanese man named George-Antoine Zayek are accused of helping Ghosn flee Japan on Dec 29.
Advertisement
Advertisement
Ghosn, who led Nissan for nearly two decades before his arrest in 2018, was out on bail awaiting trial for alleged financial crimeRead More – Source