Michael Taylor is an American who first set foot in Beirut in 1983 as a US Army Special Forces Green Barret. He learned how to speak Arabic he married a Lebanese woman had three sons with her and trained Lebanese militia. Peter Taylor had sort of helped his father in sort of liaising with Ghon. They were able to get the box onto a private jet that was you know heading out to Istanbul. From Istanbul they were then able to get him onto another private jet that went to Beirut Lebanon, which doesn't have an extradition treaty with Japan.
It was huge news when Carlos Ghosn, the once-celebrated auto executive, vanished from Japan in 2019 after being charged with financial crimes. He later emerged in Beirut, where he’s lived ever since, beyond the reach of Japanese authorities. Now the American father and son team who helped carry out his spy-novel escape are coming forward. They served time in a Japanese prison and are hoping Ghosn will help them pay off millions of dollars in legal bills.
Bloomberg journalists Reed Stevenson and Brian Bremner join this episode to tell the story of what Ghosn’s escape cost the men—and the very different lives they, and Ghosn, live today.
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