A new development in the case of the contraband of Carlos Ghosn

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A federal judge in the U.S. state of Boston said on Thursday she would likely reject the last-minute attempt by two men to avoid extradition to Japan to face charges they aided the Nissan president , Carlos Ghosn, to escape.

District Judge Indira Talwani said she was inclined to conclude that the US State Department must take another step before allowing the extradition of US Special Forces veteran Michael Taylor and his son Peter to Japan , according to Reuters.

Talwani added that the step, which includes verifying the obligation not to extradite people to countries where they might be subjected to torture, “is not a very heavy burden.”

The judge said she would likely rule against Taylor and her son assuming the ministry does. She expressed doubts about the arguments made by their lawyers that they could not be prosecuted in Japan for helping someone “not to be brought to justice”, noting that:

“He will refrain from lifting an order he issued last week to temporarily prevent their extradition until he officially delivers his decision.”

For his part, defense attorney Tilman Finley said Taylor and his son would appeal any verdict against them.

It should be noted that the two men were arrested in May at the request of Japan. The State Department informed their lawyer last week that it had agreed to hand them over.

Prosecutors say Taylor and his son helped Ghosn escape Japan on December 29, 2019, hiding in a box on a private plane, before arriving in his hometown in Lebanon, which has no extradition agreement with Japan.

Ghosn was awaiting trial for involvement in financial errors at Nissan. Ghosn denies wrongdoing.

Carlos Ghosn has been living in Beirut since the end of 2019, after fleeing Japan, where he was arrested in November 2018 and spent 130 days in prison.