The guy who works for the Turkish aviation company claims that he was threatened with his family being harmed if he doesn't participate in the operation. Considering that he is in jail for his participation, it is fair to assume that he is not one of the well-paid-identity-protected people in the operation and he did what he did to protect his family.<p>I am not very comfortable with glorifying this story, why exactly this guy's life and family is more important than the airline professional's?<p>Although I would watch the movie about it, this whole ordeal feels wrong as it resembles a story where justice is only for the wealthy and collateral damage to unrelated people's lives is O.K. as if those people are not real humans but NPC that just vanish when you're done with them.
Extradite him back to Japan. And arrest all that were accomplice to his escape. When did these people think that they are above the law? They made a mockery of the criminal justice system. And they once again proved that those with money and power are above the law.
The Japanese nationalism angle is fascinating. He joined the French Renault with Japanese Nissan and Mitsubishi. He claims that fears that he was attempting to merge the companies further prompted the corruption charges in Japan.<p>When I first read about this story, I thought it was an open and shut case that Ghosn was guilty. But now I'd like to hear the full story behind the initial accusations.
I don't understand why the media keeps writing these glowing stories about a rich guy using his money to skip bail before a trial and also using that money to make sure he is never tried for the crimes he has been accused of.
So what’s the deal with Japan supposedly regularly xraying luggage going onto private jets? That’s not the norm in most of the world.<p>Generally you xray for security, not for customs purposes. Nobody is going to bring a bomb on their own (or rented) private jet.
> would need extremely generous compensation for the risks involved, perhaps pushing the total cost to $15 million or more.<p>That's an insane number. And though Ghosn could probably afford that, the cost/benefit would be off kilter.<p>Private Jet Flights were probably under $200k (source <a href="https://jettly.com/charter_cost_estimator" rel="nofollow">https://jettly.com/charter_cost_estimator</a>)<p>Hiring a half dozen ex-marines to scout out an escape route, 3 months of planning, maybe $1mm at most...