The CEO Who Smuggled Himself Out of the Country | The Big Steal
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- Former Nissan CEO Carlos Ghosn’s dramatic escape from Japan in a music instrument case made headlines around the world. He was accused of breach of trust, misappropriation of funds, and under-reporting $80 million of his own salary.
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Having watched a number of documentaries on the Carlos Ghosn case it seems that on balance this is a case to be answered. However I consider the Japanese justice system totally unfair with what appears to be a presumption of guilt. Detaining Mr Ghosn without access to a lawyer for three months in solitary confinement is totally unacceptable.
Yeah it seems routine that they treat people like that. They have a really high conviction rate. Then it is more torture in prison.
I heard and read those all the time.
Good summary
@@theuglykwan that's a pretty strong accusation
Meh
Carlos is probably corrupt. But we'll never know because of Japan's terrible justice system. And as a result, everyone else loses.
terrible as opposed to say, Iran?
@@peacenow42 is it possible they are both bad bad not good?
@@GunakillyaOG I think we have to pick our priorities and not make some places look like they need attention when so many other places are so much worse. It makes us look shallow and draws attention from the truly heinous. And by bringing attention to the fact a country treats half of their people, ie the females, as second class citizens, will go a long long way in bringing up human rights conditions for the most people. As in, half the planet or more. Peace!
France police want him now.
@@peacenow42 least they get rid of gays
The Japanese government is economically protectionist and has a track record of brutality. Most CEOs are greedy and often claim dubious profits. I think most of the statements from both sides are true. So… They both suck and deserve each other.
French issued a red notice to Ghosn too :)
He likely did embezzle - BUT it is also likely that evidence was fabricated or embellished by other parties looking to do basically a corporate "coup de' etat" - and so it is a complicated issue. AND - if you do even basic research into the culture of the Japanese - it boils down to this - IF you are charged with a crime in Japan - it is extremely unlikely you will be acquitted at a trial or even get a fair trial. The culture is BIZARRELY dystopian - and living a "high life" of luxury worked profoundly against him - given the citizens of Japan would be on his jury. And so fleeing in a box to another country was an extremely wise and necessary choice. Last I heard is he is still free - but the mercenaries he hired to get him out of the country are not.
huh? Dystopian? The country has been a model country since WW2. What you describe, what I call the 'CEO shuffle''....happens everywhere...move people to another position of trust to keep them from accountability. To protect the powers that be.
@@peacenow42 Their justice system is super dystopian in a procedural sense.
@@JokersAce0 i would use draconian but dystopian? nope. that's reserved for imagined bad futures. To me that is.
@@peacenow42 anything with injustice is considered dystopian by pure definition, unfortunately japans justice system is extremely unfair and not true justice to anyone accused of a crime( alot of cases are assumed to be coerced due to their system)
@@tea1567 that is not the pure definition but agree to disagree.
Vice: "Cuties is actually good."
Vice: "MAPs are victims."
Vice: "Japanese manga is CP"
The real issue is while in custody the Japanese Police sit in on all visitation with counsel & family to take notes for the Prosecutor! No attorney-client privilege exists under Japanese law.
In Japan you are always guilty until proven innocent tbh.
@@tgm.nabam101 It's like that anywhere.
@@RyanPowerhouse Not in the US we have laws that state you are innocent until proven guilty which you can use as an argument in court
@@RyanPowerhouse Japan is worse
@@Dad-lu1oi we do !! If your poor your fuc!!!! Are justice system is so corrupt trust me I know !!!!
Hey why is comments off in the anime piece?
The important question isn't whether he did it or not - that's completely irrelevant. What's important is that guilty or not, he was judged guilty by Japan's legal system and treated like an animal. He was entirely within his rights to escape, as should everyone facing prosecution or even suspicion in Japan.
so should a terrible rapist/serial killer escape his or her country that you feel has a bad justice system and come to your country and home........that's would be ok too?
@@peacenow42 You're just being argumentative and probably aren't a real person, but let's take that comment at face value. An ACCUSED rapist or murderer in Japan should absolutely escape, because it doesn't matter whether they're innocent or guilty - they're automatically treated as guilty and conviction is inevitable.
@@turnerwright lol I could accuse you of exactly the same thing but will not. I try not to ASSume. Good luck.
@@peacenow42 So, conceding the point, then? I accept your apology.
@@peacenow42 damn you got sat down
The guy really lives up to his name, Car Loss, Gone.
Gosn means twig in Arabic
@@lotfilolo7388 It's a joke.
Japan's justice system is a stain on a otherwise beautiful nation. They can hold you for 2 weeks without a lawyer or outside contact! Make sure whoever you travel with in Japan also understands this! Be carefull when drinking etc!
"On an otherwise beautiful nation" the same nation who ENSLAVED Koreans/Chinese & allows stalkers to target women with no consequences & legalized pedophilic porn/anime?
Can you explain more? What would me them hold you? A crime?
@@LxTxSURGE It means they can detain you,
that is such a great warning to all. Who travel anywhere. And I think not go to work for countries like Russia because of their draconian prison system, especially when there are other options. AND their evil leader hates LBGT and you are one. Ms. Griner deserves all sympathy but to a point.
Beautiful nation that glorifies war and comitted atrocities worse than the nazis, upheld multiple kinds of ritual suuicide..
This sounds like Japanese Nissan executives wanted him out by any means necessary.
I saw the documentary about Carlos Ghosn on Netflix a week ago and it gave me a new perspective on this case because the accusation against him is lack hard evidence. From what I've seen, Ghosn was accused of using Nissan's money to buy jewelry and offshore properties. As for jewelry, they never specify if those jewelry were luxury watches or daimon necklaces. They just say "jewelry" and that was that. But what surprised me the most was those offshore properties they claim Ghosn secretly used Nissan's money to buy were in fact cosigned by Nissan CEO himself.
Sounds like a scapegoat situation
Because Ghosn was his boss.
Boss ordered him to do that.
Many his subordinates were fed up with shady spendings.
Surprise surprise; French has also issued a red notice to Ghosn. U believe Japanese were doing the right thing now? lol
@@user-wr9lh4ly1n of course they will, they will never harm their economic relations with Japan over one person especially with the Renault-Nissan Alliance. do you think Paris will destroy all that for a CEO that can be replaced? lol.
His treatment was an injustice. But I wouldnt trust netflix as a source of facts.
The biggest mystery here is why Hollywood hasn't turned this into a movie yet. Crazy case!
already done. BBC. Netflix. as many as steve jobs. r/freeghosn
Well if u out of blue arrest a person who has turned around ur country’s biggest company and throw him in jail because culturally you are scared of something then that’s your problem.
Not only that, you treated him like a murder accused and confined him to solitary confinement just because you wanted to force a confession out of him. He did the best for himself by smuggling himself out of there.
I am Japanese and am 100% in agreement with you. I am so thankful to Mr. Ghosn, and to the Lebanese government who helped save him, and so sorry that this happened.
Except the french also investigated him after Renault found more instances of him stealing and has pending charges against him
he's not an innocent man. yes, he did make nissan very profitable, but he also caused its downfall. Ghosn has stolen money from the company to buy personal properties and jewelry. He also hired his sister as a ghost employee, and paying her, as from what I remember, $750,000, without doing any work for the company. He also caused the decrease of the customers trust in the brand since his last project made the cars low quality. Ghosn was scared of jail and facing the consequences of his actions, that's why he fled.
@@patrickmendoza6708 While this might or might not be true, in our justice system a trial before a court of law has to determine his guilt or innocence.
Not the police, nor the prosecutors decide this, they have to confine themselves to collecting evidence and placing it before a court of law.
Him being held in custody, in solitary even, without a trial, without granting him right to speak to a lawyer or his family, for 3 month, was nothing but persecution!
Plain and simple.
I’m glad he made it to Lebanon. As we all know, Lebanon is a bedrock of transparency, rule of law, and Justice since 1943.
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Well made video, keep up the good work.
it was a hit job on him to take him out
This highlights Japan’s inhumane justice system. I suspect that they accused him of doing what 98% of people in his position does - distasteful, unfair global pay practices that are not illegal. so having a trial or access to a lawyer would have gotten him off, because the courts would have clearly seen that they simply singled him out for their own purposes.
"CEO shuffle'' done everywhere,,,ask hilary clinton.
98% is very specific, why not 97% or 99%?
Are you aware of the fact that Japanese prosecutors give up prosecuting 60% of those arrested as a result of investigations?
Carlos ghosted…
I think i've seen this video many months ago. Yet, why is it only 1 month old?
Love vice, long time.
Angas mo talaga mag report Atom mapa english oh tagalog!
Always watching from Georgetown Guyana south America 🇬🇾🇬🇾🇬🇾🇬🇾
Wow I’m like really early on this great video 🙏🏼
I think they all ate Nissan's money, Carlos more than the rest, sure. But the reason for his arrest must have been the "threat" of Nissan disappearing under Renault. The Japanese would have definitely not let that happen, even if Nissan was loss making.
Japan executives didn't like that he was trying to form an alliance between Nissan and Renault. He was a very smart guy and turned Nissan around. I worked for Nissan for 13 years and got a chance to see him many times. He used to visit the plants all the time.
Innocent, needs a trial so can clear his name and get his job back
The Japanese have a sense of economic justice that the rest of the world doesn't share. In the USA what he did is considered business as usual. Inflated salaries, private parties charged to the company etc.
His name in Lebanese Arabic is pronounced [ɣu-sˤn] "غصن".
I don't get how that became to be like "Gone" lool
It was a meme lol
Carlos will definitely watch this video.
If Carlos is watching this video and reading these comments here is a little song for you Carlos, I think you will like it. czcams.com/video/2jta97z0Zhg/video.html
He looks like the British Comedian, Mr. Bean.
The greed of big companies' CEOs is nothing new. I would be much more interested in coverage of the lack of civil rights in Japan.
More than a hundred days detained, with no visits, no lawyers, and under constant interrogation: that is a violation of human rights, regardless of whether the suspect is guilty or innocent.
When Ghosn got away, the justice minister at the time made a statement on social media that "it was his duty to come back and prove his innocence", which shows that presumption of innocence, a basic pillar of due legal process in free countries, does not exist in Japan.
That is a much more important topic to cover.
God knows how many people who can't afford high-profile lawyers and rescue operations get abducted by Japanese police and imprisoned without due process.
The UN considers long periods of solitary confinement torture.
Try being Trump in the USA...he is supposed to prove himself innocent even after he takes no salary for taking the risk of his death or the death of any of his family, running our country for NO salary.
France police want him now.
Do you think he will go to France for fair trial?
I've already seen this. It is older than 3 weeks. It was released before on another vice channel (Asia) maybe 4 months before. Nothing new since the release of Boundless in August.
The low angle camera in the end was weird.
Wow Mr. Atom! Good job. Nasa Vice kana pala.
the news reporter is a filipino he even has a filipino accent!!!! seeing another pilipino like me is making me happy.
out OF the country
Can this journalist please do all Vice News videos?! Well done 👍
OMG this is horrific!! When will the injustice end~! Quick! someone setup a gofundme page! How can ANYONE live off of $16 million a year?! He reminded the world that many a lot of Japanese aren't ONLY racist against other Asians - but also white people too! I salute you Carlos, you're a true patriot, a mother theresa of bank scammers. I mean only 5 houses? That's not even 10...
Ugh.. I'm sorry I just can't go on, it's just too upsetting.
One day he'll get justice.
Thoughts & Prayers
Another high quality report from Vice
Even if he did what they say his treatment by the Japanese justice system was terrible in the u.s. if this went to court it would have been thrown out due to how many human rights violations were committed, and thats sayin alot
Lol I can’t imagine he inside that box 😂 being short has its perks 😅
the money is always "clacking up to the pit of hellfire"
the real issue is, they dont have benches, atom walk and walk and walk
It’s called shipping yourself.
where my stagehands at? my man went out in a road case.
Wow Atom is now doing videos for Vice 👏🏻
Me wondering the whole time if this was filmed in UP because there was some connection. 😂
To people who complain about Japanese justice system it is what it is. You do the crime you do the time. Stop doing crime if you don't want to go through their justice system
Most intelligent and thought provoking comment on CZcams.
Something a mentally defective Tojoboo would say.
Surprise surprise; French has also issued a red notice to Ghosn. People now believe Japanese were doing the right thing? lol
Just glad he made it out of Japan 🇯🇵!
My man out here trying to shoot his shot at him.
Because he never released a gtr successor.
Nissan wants top dominance, but they are out of sync with the market.
Didn't know Atom Araullo works at Vice as well!
Jeez can’t be even number two in car market without ppl being jealous
In France for ex on prehearing stage defenders can be restrained for several years without release or charge.
And yet civilized people say only the Japanese judiciary is inhumane and brutal.
Rubbish
***Out OF the country.
This guy saved Nissan. I should know I was a Nissan. dealer. Before he took the helm we couldn't give a Nissan away. We had to survive on used car sales.
daddy mota lookin' fire in this video
I'm glad he said fuc them I'm gone!!!Thier were about rail road this man he did the right thing
Remember there are three sides to every story. Your side my side and the real side.
Nissan would not exist today if not for this man. 100,000+ jobs and dozens of local economies owe this man and this is how they repay him.
He is the man behind the infamous CVT transmission that was made for the Versa, but was pushed into every other Nissan car, with disastrous results for consumers. Nissan has already started to implement new transmissions suited for specific kind of vehicles, but the damage is already done.
@@gabrielsierra6890 Not sure what people are doing with their transmissions or if their complaints are valid. I drive a CVT Altima. 208k miles and no signs of transmission issues. I think most CVT complaints are from people who aren't changing their transmission fluid, which all transmissions have documented as a maintenance item. CVTs unlike ATs will not let you get away with ignoring that.
But what's your point? Cars in the 70's typically reached their end of life and needed complete engine rebuilds by 100k miles. Were we imprisoning CEOs over it?
Ninguém segura os brasileiros hahahahhaah adoro essa fuga
Looking like Mr Bean, Bolsonaro and Groo at the same time 🤣
These are the real crooks and thieves
Awesome video
😬👈 YIKES/at least watch it 1st...
YOOOO ATOM IS NOW IN VICE???? SINCE WHEN????
No smoke without fire
A Animal Should Be Treated Like a Animal.
Well Done Japan. 👍👍❤❤😊😊
the Ntflix doco Fugitive is a very interesting watch. Carlos Ghosn isn't who you think he is
Who is he? Why be spooky about it. If you know a thing tell us.
@@jayf8308 nothing spooky, a very interesting character that doesn't fit any stereotype. good and bad.
i prefer people to come to their own conclusion (the reality vs the assumption).
my assumption was;
'old money' rich guy with french/south american roots that lived an extravagent lifestyle, got framed to be a scapegoat (saved nissan-renault by ruthlessly firing upper-level management going against japanese custom).
however i learnt;
fled lebanon to brazil as a kid when his father was wanted for murder. a hard worker became successful by saving many companies from bankruptcy by firing a fair chunk of the low-level workers.
despite his salary, he wears his business shirts 'til the armpits are stained and tattered. got his maid to resize the collars when he lost weight, didn't throw them out.
he threw himself a multi million dollar fantasy birthday party disguised as a business function. managed to convince his employers to make massive payments to shell companies to hide his bonuses. mansions bought by the company for him weren't declared. accumulated a fortune worldwide.
he planned his escape meticulously like clockwork, played the 'helpless prisoner' part for a month until he climbed into a cargo trunk and fled japan on a private jet organised by american ex-military muscle.
japan and france are seeking his arrest, he's in lebanon dodging extradition.
[im 95% sure i recall correctly but don't paraphrase me]
He saved Nissan. He earned that money
No
Greed makes the green
Shame on Vice News. This is the POOREST coverage of Ghosn's debacle I've seen thus far. This type of lazy coverage is why I unsubscribed from Vice News long ago.
Brazilian born, French-Lebanese working in Japan. Hot damn
Pas mal, non ? C'est Français.
Ghosn's name is mispronounced haha. The gh sound doesn't exist in English, but it's kinda similar to a soft r
I will never buy a Nissan again.
Yes much internet memes
Hey people, if Ghosn shouldn't have to do the (unfair Japanese justice system) time, he shouldn't have done the crime (in Japan, to a Japanese company, with Japanese workers).
Why the average, poor person is always so eager to simp for corrupt billionaires with that "every other billionaire is probably doing it, so why shouldn't Gosan", I'll never understand.
Without proof and in a system where the conviction rate is 99.8% this isn’t Justice. Without a fair trial it seems like a smear job.
because there’s no evidence that suggests he has committed those crimes. and poor people and the people of japan should be rallying behind him to help change the justice system as they suffer the most
@@marcelohendrix6139 oh, that makes complete sense:
One of this particular billionaire's principal concerns is going to be readjusting the Japanese judicial system in favour of the poor and average person in Japan!
@@-xirx- he doesn’t have to be for the average person. him simply shedding light on the matter is enough for people who genuinely care to rally behind and takeover
@@marcelohendrix6139 This guy? The average Japanese person should rally behind _this guy?!_
The foreign billionaire who (definitely) illegally smuggled himself out of the country on a private jet.
What a shining example (nay, the perfect example) of the average hard working, hard done by victim of the Japanese judicial system!
(I'm not even going to address "takeover")
Jezus, please stop my friend..
for sure he’s not driving Nissan now, it’s time for sth better 😅
yep, he never stepped back into a Nissan after his arrest in Japan. always seen in Mercs and Audis since (in docos and pics)
I wonder what the French think of this guy. Renault is not known for quality products.
Sure, the company is "profitable" now but at what cost...?
he saved renault and nissan. of course they think highly of him
I don't give a damn how smart or crafty you are. NOBODY needs to make more than $10 million per year. Even that is ridiculous IMO.
It doesn't matter how much money some dork makes a company either. Compensate with a good salary but $10+ Million is TOO MUCH and totally unnecessary. Furthermore, a "Golden Parachute" should NEVER be offered.
This is the problem with the world today. Too many filthy, stinking rich oligarchs that think they are so intelligent that they warrant such incomes. All they are doing is taking BILLIONS of dollars out of the global economic system and hiding it all over the place to avoid taxes.
It's time to Cap Wealth !
Why the average, poor shmuck is always so eager to simp for corrupt billionaires with that "every other billionaire is probably doing it, so why shouldn't Ghosn", I'll never understand.
you’ve no idea what the word oligarchs. an employee can’t be classified as such
No visit Japan lesson from this.
As someone that loved Nissan of the 90s early 2000s, seeing his face just pisses me off
well nissan was going bankrupt because of many of the cars they were making and designing
Japan's justice system is one step away from being North Korea's little brother. I'm glad he fled and I hope he lives a extraordinary life with alot of money and enjoys every min of it. The reason I say that is because EVERY SINGLE BIG COMPANY CEO, POLITICIANS, AND GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS DO EXACTLY WHAT HE DID. THE ONLY DIFFERENCE IS IT HASNT BEEN BROUGHT TO LIGHT YET
I find it funny cause if Nissan is broke, how are they still making the GTR!?
How much are the Japanese paying for his whereabouts?
Guy is a fucking legend
He's no legend ,he's more like Alibaba and the forty thieves.
You misspelt *ghoul* as "legend".
The more you know... 🤷♂️
Ghosn is the victim of racial profiling. In the minds of Nissan executives and Japanese authotities He was the wrong race to be the most successful CEO in Japan. In his place I would have done the same, run away and give the finger to the authorities.
Race card.... bwahaahaa 😃
it wasn't his wife's birthday , get your facts straight please this is a big platform
There’s nothing more terrifying than seeing a Nissan Altima in your rear view mirror.
Don't hire forginers to steal the money 😤, he stole the money then maid a run for it
The big money and success always comes with worker exploitation---just another narcissistic sociopath................
_sooooo_ ....... *Mr. Carlos ....GONE*
😁 😁😁😁😁
Wow atom in vice
Quintupled??? More like doubbled
Only because he is not Japanese
Bingo
Why he keeps calling him Ghon instead of Gho"s"n, as in (غصن) which means a tree branch in Arabic
Some like dollar some like yen some like pound some like riyal etc etc
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