The former CEO of the Renaut-Nissan Alliance, under two international arrest warrants, is suspected, among other things, of money laundering in an organized gang and corruption, which he disputes.
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Two magistrates and a French investigator arrived on Saturday July 2 in Tokyo (Japan) to carry out interrogations there in the investigation instructed by the Nanterre prosecutor’s office targeting Carlos Ghosn, learned franceinfo from a source familiar with the matter, confirming information from the AFP.
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The ex-boss of the Renault-Nissan alliance is suspected of having developed, between 2012 and 2017, a money laundering scheme in an organized gang and corruption with four officials of the Omani car distributor Suhail Bahwan Automobiles (SBA). Carlos Ghosn is accused of having ordered the payment of bonuses from Renault to the SBA distributor. He disputes these accusations.
The two magistrates from Nanterre and the investigator from the Central Office for the Fight against Corruption and Financial and Tax Offenses (OCLCIFF) are in the Japanese capital until Friday.
The judicial investigation, opened by the Public Prosecutor’s Office of Nanterre in February 2020, gave rise on April 21 to the issuance of an international arrest warrant against the former car tycoon for passive corruption, misuse of property social security, breach of trust and organized money laundering. Having fled Japan at the end of 2019 for Lebanon, Carlos Ghosn, 68, is also the subject of an arrest warrant from Japanese justice.