Michael Taylor and his son Peter were arrested in May for their roles in the heist
Ghosn escaped house arrest in Japan and was smuggled onto a plane in a box
The US Department of State agreed to hand Taylor and his son over to Japan
But the pair s lawyers are seeking an urgent appeal to stop the move
Ghosn case haunts Japan a year after shock escape
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Tokyo (AFP)
A year after Japan learned with horror that Carlos Ghosn had jumped bail to become the world s most famous fugitive, the fiasco and its repercussions continue to haunt the country.
Ghosn was living in a monitored Tokyo apartment awaiting trial on financial misconduct charges when he casually boarded a train to Osaka in western Japan on December 29, 2019 with two accomplices.
They smuggled him past customs at Kansai airport, reportedly in an instrument case, and a day later he emerged in Beirut, after changing planes in Istanbul.