His son Peter (28) has to be behind bars for a year and eight months. The two had pleaded guilty. Helping a criminal in Japan can be punished with up to three years. The defense had demanded suspended sentences for the two men.
Ghosn, former CEO of the Franco-Japanese car alliance Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi, was arrested and charged on November 19, 2018 in Tokyo, among other things, for violating stock market requirements. In April 2019, he was released from custody on bail under strict conditions. In December, Ghosn left his home in Tokyo and took the bullet train to Osaka. In a hotel there he hid in a large box intended for audio equipment. Holes were drilled into it to allow breathing. The box was not x-rayed at the airport.
Ghosn was taken out of the country in a private jet. First he followed to Turkey and then to Lebanon. In addition to French, Ghosn also has Lebanese and Brazilian citizenship. On December 31, Ghosn spoke out from Lebanon and scourged Japan in an angry speech. He denied all allegations and spoke of a conspiracy against him. Japan tried to be extradited – but it has no extradition agreement with Lebanon. Because of the escape, there was no prospect that Ghosn could be tried in Japan, the court found.
His two escape workers were arrested in Massachusetts in May last year and extradited in March. During their short process by Japanese standards, they had apologized. Ghosn deceived them about the Japanese judicial system, it was said. They contradicted that they had benefited financially from helping them escape. The roughly $ 1.3 million they had received, according to the Ghosn prosecutor, would have just covered the costs of the action. However, the court found that they had acted for financial reasons. You can appeal the judgment within two weeks.