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It is amazing how much impunity billionaires the wealthy and powerful seem to world.

Quarrelsome 7y ago
to be fair anyone can technically skip bail. But the resources to properly fly are obviously dictated by wealth and power.
- sbarre 7y ago
  The article also claims he entered Lebanon on a fake (or at the very least not his own) French passport. Moving internationally with fraudulent credentials would land most people in jail, but it seems the local government "loves" the man (no doubt his money helps with political favours), so he's safe from that too.
  - bluedevil2k 7y ago
    He entered Turkey with a fake passport, maybe the Turkish government issued him a new valid Turkish passport? And I would have to think he already had the OK from the Lebanese government to travel there and stay there without being extradited.
    - JumpCrisscross 7y ago
      > maybe the Turkish government issued him a new valid Turkish passport One, that still involves travel on a fake passport. Two, Ghosn isn’t a Turkish citizen. > I would have to think he already had the OK from the Lebanese government Why? This is a classic ask-for-forgiveness-not-permission situation. (Lebanon doesn’t have an extradition treaty with Japan.)
    - 9nGQluzmnq3M 7y ago
      Ghosn is a Lebanese citizen, so he has every right to travel there, and Lebanon conveniently does not have an extradition treaty with Japan.
    - tyingq 7y ago
      Lebanese TV says he entered Lebanon on a French passport. It sounds like Japan didn't confiscate all of his passports. It's likely he has three...France, Brazil, and Lebanon.
      - zorked 7y ago
        If Japan confiscated his passports he can probably just go to a consulate and get a new one.
  - tyingq 7y ago
    He's depicted in a Lebanese postage stamp. https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/bdIAAOSw46BZrr1X/s-l400.jpg https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/bdIAAOSw46BZrr1X/s-l400.jpg
  - felipelemos 7y ago
    He has Lebanese, Brazilian and French citizenship.
    - sbarre 7y ago
      Yes I read the article as well.
  - netsharc 7y ago
    Saudi embassies in N. America probably issued alternate identity passports to their citizens charged with sexual assault and murder in N. America, so they can flee: https://www.propublica.org/article/saudi-fugitives-accused-of-serious-crimes-get-help-to-flee-while-u-s-officials-look-the-other-way https://www.propublica.org/article/saudi-fugitives-accused-o...
  - ng7j5d9 7y ago
    Does France not allow a citizen to hold multiple passports at once? I know the US allows this. Say you travel often, including to places where you need to send your passport to a foreign embassy to get a visa. You can request a second passport so you can continue traveling elsewhere while you wait on your first passport to be returned to you. Seems like the CEO of multiple major multinational corporations would be the sort of person who would need this. So maybe when Ghosn was required to hand over his passports, he gladly handed 3 of them over, quietly retaining 1 or more in a safe place.
    - BrandoElFollito 7y ago
      This is what I thought too. It is possible in France to have several passeports of there are reasons for that (for instance what you have in one passport forbids you to enter another country, or could put you in danger...) Ghosn may have had convinced the authorities to deliver him more passports.

to be fair anyone can technically skip bail. But the resources to properly fly are obviously dictated by wealth and power.

sbarre 7y ago
The article also claims he entered Lebanon on a fake (or at the very least not his own) French passport. Moving internationally with fraudulent credentials would land most people in jail, but it seems the local government "loves" the man (no doubt his money helps with political favours), so he's safe from that too.
- bluedevil2k 7y ago
  He entered Turkey with a fake passport, maybe the Turkish government issued him a new valid Turkish passport? And I would have to think he already had the OK from the Lebanese government to travel there and stay there without being extradited.
  - JumpCrisscross 7y ago
    > maybe the Turkish government issued him a new valid Turkish passport One, that still involves travel on a fake passport. Two, Ghosn isn’t a Turkish citizen. > I would have to think he already had the OK from the Lebanese government Why? This is a classic ask-for-forgiveness-not-permission situation. (Lebanon doesn’t have an extradition treaty with Japan.)
  - 9nGQluzmnq3M 7y ago
    Ghosn is a Lebanese citizen, so he has every right to travel there, and Lebanon conveniently does not have an extradition treaty with Japan.
  - tyingq 7y ago
    Lebanese TV says he entered Lebanon on a French passport. It sounds like Japan didn't confiscate all of his passports. It's likely he has three...France, Brazil, and Lebanon.
    - zorked 7y ago
      If Japan confiscated his passports he can probably just go to a consulate and get a new one.
- tyingq 7y ago
  He's depicted in a Lebanese postage stamp. https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/bdIAAOSw46BZrr1X/s-l400.jpg https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/bdIAAOSw46BZrr1X/s-l400.jpg
- felipelemos 7y ago
  He has Lebanese, Brazilian and French citizenship.
  - sbarre 7y ago
    Yes I read the article as well.
- netsharc 7y ago
  Saudi embassies in N. America probably issued alternate identity passports to their citizens charged with sexual assault and murder in N. America, so they can flee: https://www.propublica.org/article/saudi-fugitives-accused-of-serious-crimes-get-help-to-flee-while-u-s-officials-look-the-other-way https://www.propublica.org/article/saudi-fugitives-accused-o...
- ng7j5d9 7y ago
  Does France not allow a citizen to hold multiple passports at once? I know the US allows this. Say you travel often, including to places where you need to send your passport to a foreign embassy to get a visa. You can request a second passport so you can continue traveling elsewhere while you wait on your first passport to be returned to you. Seems like the CEO of multiple major multinational corporations would be the sort of person who would need this. So maybe when Ghosn was required to hand over his passports, he gladly handed 3 of them over, quietly retaining 1 or more in a safe place.
  - BrandoElFollito 7y ago
    This is what I thought too. It is possible in France to have several passeports of there are reasons for that (for instance what you have in one passport forbids you to enter another country, or could put you in danger...) Ghosn may have had convinced the authorities to deliver him more passports.