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Former Renault-Nissan Chairman and CEO Carlos Ghosn looks on during a press conference in Paris on September 15, 2017, to present the Renault Nissan group strategy. AFP, file
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Private security guards flank a man, who identified himself as a family doctor, as he speaks to journalists as he enters the home of former Nissan Chairman Carlos Ghosn in Beirut. AP
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Private security guards secure a garage door to the home of former Nissan Chairman Carlos Ghosn in Beirut. AP
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A private security guard, centre, stands as journalists film through the garage window of the home of former Nissan Chairman Carlos Ghosn in Beirut. AP
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A woman believed to be Carole Ghosn, wife of former Nissan chairman Carlos Ghosn, leaves in a car, in Beirut. Reuters
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Journalists film a vehicle leaving the home of former Nissan Chairman Carlos Ghosn in Beirut. AP
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Men stand guard next to a vehicle as it arrives in the car park at the home of former Nissan Chairman Carlos Ghosn in Beirut. AP
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Security guards stand outside the Beirut home of Carlos Ghosn days after he arrived in the country having fled from Japan. AP
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A man on a motorbike drives past the home of former Nissan Chairman Carlos Ghosn in Beirut, Lebanon, Thursday, January 2, 2020. AP
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Lebanese policemen stand guard near the parking access doors of the property of Carlos Ghosn. Bloomberg
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The residence of former auto tycoon Carlos Ghosn in Tokyo after he fled Japan to avoid a trial. AFP
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Japanese prosecutors carry bags as they leave the residence of former auto tycoon Carlos Ghosn. AFP
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Former Renault-Nissan Chairman and CEO Carlos Ghosn looks on during a press conference in Paris on September 15, 2017, to present the Renault Nissan group strategy. AFP, file
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Private security guards flank a man, who identified himself as a family doctor, as he speaks to journalists as he enters the home of former Nissan Chairman Carlos Ghosn in Beirut. AP
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Private security guards secure a garage door to the home of former Nissan Chairman Carlos Ghosn in Beirut. AP
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A private security guard, centre, stands as journalists film through the garage window of the home of former Nissan Chairman Carlos Ghosn in Beirut. AP
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A woman believed to be Carole Ghosn, wife of former Nissan chairman Carlos Ghosn, leaves in a car, in Beirut. Reuters
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Journalists film a vehicle leaving the home of former Nissan Chairman Carlos Ghosn in Beirut. AP
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Men stand guard next to a vehicle as it arrives in the car park at the home of former Nissan Chairman Carlos Ghosn in Beirut. AP
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Security guards stand outside the Beirut home of Carlos Ghosn days after he arrived in the country having fled from Japan. AP
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A man on a motorbike drives past the home of former Nissan Chairman Carlos Ghosn in Beirut, Lebanon, Thursday, January 2, 2020. AP
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Lebanese policemen stand guard near the parking access doors of the property of Carlos Ghosn. Bloomberg
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The residence of former auto tycoon Carlos Ghosn in Tokyo after he fled Japan to avoid a trial. AFP
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Japanese prosecutors carry bags as they leave the residence of former auto tycoon Carlos Ghosn. AFP
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Former Renault-Nissan Chairman and CEO Carlos Ghosn looks on during a press conference in Paris on September 15, 2017, to present the Renault Nissan group strategy. AFP, file
In rainy Beirut, Carlos Ghosn's escape and anti-corruption protests converge
For over two months thousands have been calling for an end to graft, but then in stepped the former Nissan boss fleeing charges of corruption
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