FACTBOX: Carlos Ghosn joins list of execs fighting extradition


  • Business
  • Wednesday, 08 Jan 2020

FILE PHOTO: Former Nissan Motor Chairman Carlos Ghosn sits inside a car as he leaves his lawyer's office after being released on bail from Tokyo Detention House, in Tokyo, Japan, March 6, 2019. REUTERS

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Ousted Nissan boss Carlos Ghosn says he fled to Lebanon last week to escape a "rigged" justice system in Japan, where he believed he would not get a fair trial.

Ghosn, who faces four charges including hiding income and enriching himself through payments to dealerships in the Middle East, denies the allegations against him.

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