France Issues Arrest Warrant for Disgraced Auto Tycoon Ghosn

France Issues Arrest Warrant for Disgraced Auto Tycoon Ghosn
Fugitive ex-auto magnate Carlos Ghosn stands inside the elevator on his way to a media interview, in Dbayeh, north of Beirut, Lebanon, on May 25, 2021. Hussein Malla/AP Photo
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PARIS—French prosecutors have issued an international arrest warrant for disgraced auto tycoon Carlos Ghosn, who fled Japan in 2019 for Lebanon in a gripping escape.

The prosecutor’s office in the Paris suburb of Nanterre said Friday that it issued the warrant for the former head of Nissan and Renault and four other people based on an investigation opened in 2019 into money laundering and abuse of company assets.