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Updated January 20th, 2021 at 22:16 IST

Trial over Ghosn smuggling continues in Istanbul

Turkish prosecutors have pushed for maximum 12 years in prison on Wednesday for a Turkish private airline company official and two pilots accused of smuggling former Nissan Motor Co. chairman Carlos Ghosn out of Japan.

Trial over Ghosn smuggling continues in Istanbul
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Turkish prosecutors have pushed for maximum 12 years in prison on Wednesday for a Turkish private airline company official and two pilots accused of smuggling former Nissan Motor Co. chairman Carlos Ghosn out of Japan.

The prosecutors were delivering their opinion in the third hearing of the trial, against the seven defendants accused of helping Ghosn flee Japan to Lebanon via Istanbul. The trial was adjourned until Feb. 24, when the court is Istanbul could deliver its verdicts.

Prosecutors requested that the court acquit two other pilots of the charge of illegally smuggling a migrant but recommended that they be tried on charges of failing to report a crime instead.The prosecutors also demanded that charges against two flight attendants be dropped.

The 66-year-old Ghosn, who was arrested over financial misconduct allegations in Tokyo in 2018, skipped bail while awaiting trial.

He was flown from Osaka to Istanbul on board a private plane and then transferred onto another plane bound for Beirut, where he arrived Dec. 30, 2019. He is believed to have been smuggled inside a large, foam-covered music box.

The pilots and flight attendants have denied involvement in the plans to smuggle Ghosn or of knowing that Ghosn was on the plane.

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Published January 20th, 2021 at 22:16 IST

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