Carlos Ghosn surprised by French international arrest warrant

FILE PHOTO: Fugitive former car executive Carlos Ghosn, gestures before an interview with Reuters in Beirut, Lebanon June 14, 2021. REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir

PARIS (Reuters) -Carlos Ghosn was surprised by an international warrant sought by a French magistrate linked to an investigation into allegations of suspect money flows to an Omani dealership, a spokesman for the fugitive former Renault-Nissan boss said.

Ghosn, the architect of the Renault-Nissan automaking alliance, has been contesting several probes since fleeing in late 2019 to Lebanon from Japan, where he faced separate financial misconduct allegations.