![FILE - In this Sept. 29, 2020, file photo, former Nissan Motor Co. Chairman Carlos Ghosn holds a press conference at the Maronite Christian Holy Spirit University of Kaslik, as he launches an initiative to help Lebanon that is undergoing a severe economic and financial crisis, in Kaslik, north of Beirut, Lebanon. A U.S. judge on Thursday, Jan. 28, 2021 cleared the way for the extradition of an American father and son wanted by Japan for smuggling former Nissan Motor Co. Chairman Carlos Ghosn out of the country while he was awaiting trial. U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani rejected a request to block the U.S. from handing Michael Taylor and his son, Peter Taylor, over to Japan. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla, File)](https://thenational-the-national-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/J5TXECLUO3P37OPWVG34SV6SFE.jpg?smart=true&auth=d15ba35958ba3fd373ac0785c9350f3a6c56067647925df229f226ae6b7e7be8&width=400&height=225)
Former Nissan Chairman Carlos Ghosn holds a press conference at the Maronite Christian Holy Spirit University of Kaslik. AP Photo
Former Nissan Chairman Carlos Ghosn holds a press conference at the Maronite Christian Holy Spirit University of Kaslik. AP Photo
Carlos Ghosn accomplices lose battle against extradiction to Japan
Michael and Peter Taylor confess to assisting former Nissan boss in his bizarre escape from Japan
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29 January, 2021