A Paris court investigating judge issued an international arrest warrant in April for Carlos Ghosn, who lives in Lebanon, in the investigation of contracts signed by a Renault-Nissan subsidiary, we learned Tuesday from a source familiar with the case. affair. The fallen car magnate is already in the crosshairs of an international arrest warrant issued by an investigating judge in Nanterre in April 2022 in investigations, notably for abuse of corporate assets and money laundering in an organized gang. in relation to the Omani distributor Suhail Bahwan Automobiles. (SBA).
“Carlos Ghosn cannot leave Lebanon, the Lebanese authorities have prohibited him from leaving the territory because of the Japanese indictment. Therefore, he cannot respond to the summons for an indictment in France”, reacted Mes Léon Del Forno and Martin Reynaud , lawyers for the former CEO. .
A possible referral to criminal justice
The Parisian investigating judge issued this arrest warrant in April, after Carlos Ghosn failed to appear for his summons for prosecution on May 19, 2022 for corruption in particular. This international arrest warrant could be the last act of the judicial investigation opened on July 10, 2019, in particular for corruption, corruption of an agent of an international public body, influence peddling, abuse of business assets and cover-up.
Once the investigations are closed, the National Financial Prosecutor’s Office must take their requisitions and then the investigating judge will order, or not, the trial. The arrest warrant equivalent to an indictment, Carlos Ghosn could be sent back to criminal justice.
Dubious amounts paid to Rachida Dati
In this case, the suspicions refer to the 900,000 euros paid to Rachida Dati by RNBV, the Dutch subsidiary of the Renault-Nissan alliance, when Carlos Ghosn was the CEO. Rachida Dati received these fees as a lawyer between 2010 and 2012 when she was also a member of the European Parliament at the time. She has been on trial since July 2021 for “corruption and passive influence peddling by a person who holds elective public office.”
The Justice seeks in particular to know if their income corresponds to specific activities or if it was a convenience job having been able to mask lobbying in the European Parliament, prohibited for MEPs.
Source: BFM TV
