Garlos Ghosn: Turkey, July pilots first trial: Carlos Ghosn escape
Carlos Ghosn:
Lebanon Escape Case
The Turkish court, the place of departure for the flight, received “prosecution against seven pilots involved in the Carlos Ghosn case.”
The first trial will start on July 3.
Local coverage:
Turkish media reported on May 15th.
4 pilots of 2 fugitive jets,
One of the operating company executives,
A total of five are charged with accused Gone’s smuggling, and two flight attendants for not reporting criminal activity.
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Money transfers allegedly linked to Ghosn escape
Turkish media are reporting
a series of suspicious money transfers allegedly connected to the escape of former Nissan chairman Garlos Ghosn from Japan to Lebanon.
Ghosn was smuggled out in a private jet in December while out on bail in Tokyo.
He flew to Turkey and then to Lebanon.
Early this month,
Turkish prosecutors indicted seven people with Istanbul-based MNG Jet, including a manager and four pilots, on charges of smuggling a migrant.
According to reports,
the indictment says 11 money transfers totaling about 300,000 dollars went into a bank account belonging to the manager between last October and December.
The manager has reportedly told prosecutors that a person who arranged Ghosn’s escape had threatened to harm his family if he didn’t cooperate.
The prosecutors
are expected to question the manager in a trial due to start in July about whether the money came from Ghosn’s side.
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Turkish pilots and crew face court verdict over Ghosn escape
ANKARA:
A trial date has been set for July 3 by a court in Istanbul, following the indictment of seven people involved in the escape of former Nissan Chairman Carlos Ghosn from Japan to Lebanon via Turkey.
In the indictment,
prosecutors are seeking up to eight years in jail each for four pilots and an airline official over charges of migrant trafficking, while two flight attendants face a one-year prison term each for not reporting the crime.
The four pilots and two flight attendants
have denied any involvement in the smuggling plan, the Turkish DHA agency reported.
The company employee and four pilots remain in custody, while both flight attendants were released after being interrogated.
One of Turkey’s most prominent aviation experts said there was a general expectation that the pilots would be released after the trial or by the end of this year at the latest.
“However, in the event of an early release, this might have complicated repercussions in terms of organized human trafficking because this case has a global dimension,”
the expert told Arab News.