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The Men Who Helped Carlos Ghosn Flee Japan In A Box

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Michael Taylor and Peter Taylor Helped Smuggle Carlos Ghon Out of Japan

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.

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