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The escape reads like a Bond movie. An orchestra gave a performance at his house, and when it left, he was hidden in one of the boxes used to carry instruments.
by braythwayt 7y ago
The escape reads like a Bond movie. An orchestra gave a performance at his house, and when it left, he was hidden in one of the boxes used to carry instruments.
That same box was then flown to Turkey in a private plane, with him in it.
It’s reported that his wife arranged the entire affair.
- JumpCrisscross 7y ago> An orchestra gave a performance at his house, and when it left, he was hidden in one of the boxes used to carry instruments Source?
- braythwayt 7y agoWell, at this early stage anything could be true, and anything reported could be a cover story fed to compliant journalists, but the escape caper was reported on Lebanese Murr TV.
- tartoran 7y agohttps://www.businessinsider.com/carlos-ghosn-fled-japan-in-box-on-private-jet-reports-2019-12 https://www.businessinsider.com/carlos-ghosn-fled-japan-in-b... https://www.indiatvnews.com/news/world/carlos-ghosn-nissan-scripts-greatest-escape-2019-flees-japan-in-musical-instrument-box-575219 https://www.indiatvnews.com/news/world/carlos-ghosn-nissan-s...
- mc32 7y agoThe Daily beast speculates it was in an instrument box[1] One thing I think we can be assured. Foreigners will be afforded less opportunity for bail going forward. [1]https://www.thedailybeast.com/nissan-ceo-carlos-ghosns-great-escape-writes-a-hollywood-ending-to-japanese-imprisonment https://www.thedailybeast.com/nissan-ceo-carlos-ghosns-great...
- tyingq 7y agoMost of the stories I can find are sourcing a tweet from an MTV (edit: Murr TV) producer in Lebanon, which is a little odd. This one: https://twitter.com/jossie_jaalouk/status/1211774724709265408 https://twitter.com/jossie_jaalouk/status/121177472470926540... Mentions the musical instrument box, but I don't see the other details. Edit: This site has the story including the band. No idea how credible it might be: https://gulfnews.com/world/did-nissans-carlos-ghosn-flee-japan-in-a-musical-instrument-box-1.1577791981610 https://gulfnews.com/world/did-nissans-carlos-ghosn-flee-jap...
- anonu 7y agoMTV is Murr TV - local lebanese station
- JumpCrisscross 7y ago> stories I can find are sourcing a tweet from an MTV producer in Lebanon On one hand, Ghosn is in Lebanon. That’s where people with the full story are. On the other hand, Ghosn is popular there. An MI6-style escape sounds better than the likelier reality of massive bribes having been paid.
- 9nGQluzmnq3M 7y agoI really doubt you could pull this off in Japan with bribes: there are way too many parties involved and way too much public scrunity. Sneaking out of the country seems much more plausible.
- JumpCrisscross 7y agoSneaking out of an island country while under state surveillance generally requires greasing a few palms. Not necessarily to knowingly co-operate. But to look the other way.
- asdfasgasdgasdg 7y agoDo you have personal experience or knowledge of island country escapes on which you're basing this claim? Would you mind sharing your sources?
- JumpCrisscross 7y ago> Would you mind sharing your sources? Simply getting through immigration and customs requires (a) gambling you get a distracted agent or (b) paying a bribe. Given the consequences with (a), it's not surprising that pretty much every fugitive-by-air account features bribes. There are many more steps that are tightly watched in getting on an international flight, even one privately chartered, particularly out of Japan.
- jadavies 7y ago... and that Mr Assange is how you skip bail with style.