Ghosn's escape from Japan has already become legendary

It is still not known how Carlos Ghosn managed to escape from Japan and enter Lebanon but from the indiscretions that have emerged, the story is taking on increasingly disturbing contours and that of a real spy story. In fact, there are those on social media who are betting that they will soon make a TV series for Netflix, of which Ghosn is a loyal user, as Vans knows. What is certain is that the direction of his escape was certainly his wife Carole, who is Lebanese by the way, and who thus found a way to get her husband out of Japan and have him find shelter at his grandparents' house (Ghosn has triple citizenship: French, Brazilian and Lebanese). And it must also have been difficult to come up with a plan: the former Renault-Nissan manager was living under probation in Japan. That meant, the New York Times reports, that he couldn’t contact his family, was allowed limited use of the telephone, couldn’t use the Internet – except at his Japanese lawyer’s office – and the entrances to his Tokyo home, where he lived, were monitored by police cameras. Added to this is the fact that he was being followed by private investigators (from Nissan itself) and in any case also that he himself had more than one phobia. It seems that even when he was free, it was enough for someone to look him in the eye more than once in a public place to make him have a panic attack. And, in fact, when he was released from prison on bail, to avoid the crowd of photographers and journalists he tried (in vain) to avoid being recognized by leaving the courthouse dressed as a maintenance worker. Three of his close friends have revealed, however, that the scene of his escape was worthy of a spy movie. We are in the Christmas holidays. It therefore did not arouse suspicion that the family had decided to make his probation less oppressive and had therefore asked for a Gregorian music band to be allowed into their home. According to the most accredited reconstruction, the musicians entered with their instruments and a large metal container on wheels that serves to protect them, and after the performance they left the house calmly under the watchful eye of the security guards and carrying the same things. In fact, it seems they weren't even musicians – the band's ominous name was apparently 'Para-Military Group'. At that point, again according to reconstructions reported by the media, Ghosn was transported to Osaka where a private jet was waiting for him, which first stopped in Istanbul and then continued on to Lebanon. The Japanese, in particular Hironaka, the lawyer representing the former Nissan boss, maintain that it was unlikely that the tycoon could have escaped without having a “large organization” behind him. In other words, a huge international cover-up, a huge help from a foreign power. The mystery remains the passport with which Ghosn expatriated: he could not in fact use his three passports. According to the Lebanese newspaper Annahar, he entered Lebanon on a French passport but the news has not been confirmed. French newspaper Les E'chos reported that Ghosn may have left Japan under a false identity with a fake passport, boarding a private plane from a smaller airport, where he would have been less likely to be recognized. But there is another theory, because it is difficult to leave Japan without arousing suspicion, and Ghosn is a very well-known person. According to other rumors, it seems that once he escaped, he left the Japanese country by venturing on a boat into international waters to reach North Korea itself where he could count on the support of some local official or fixer. And while attempts are being made to reconstruct Ghosn's escape, some of his acquaintances swear that he will surprisingly turn himself in to trial in France where, according to the former tycoon and his family, he will be able to count on a fairer trial. Ghosn felt persecuted by the Japanese justice system, which can be very severe.