Americans accused of helping Carlos Ghosn escape extradited to Japan

Japan alleges that a former US Army Special Forces soldier and his son helped the Lebanese businessman and former Nissan head escape the country.
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Former Nissan Motor Co. Chairman Carlos Ghosn wearing a protective mask amid the COVID-19 pandemic, talks to journalists after a press conference in the northern Lebanese city of Jounieh, launching a joint initiative with the University of Kaslik (USEK) to help the crisis-ridden country, on Sept. 29, 2020. It is Ghosn's second appearance in public since he was smuggled from Japan in late December 2019 to his ancestral home Lebanon. - ANWAR AMRO/AFP via Getty Images
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Two Americans have been extradited to Japan in relation to Lebanese businessman Carlos Ghosn’s escape from the country.

Former US Army Green Beret Michael Taylor and his son Peter Taylor were extradited to Japan on Tuesday morning, a Justice Department spokeswoman told Al-Monitor.

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