Discover the timeline of events from the arrest of Carlos Ghosn on November 19th, 2018 in Japan to the press conference in Beirut on January 8th, 2020.
Nearly 14 months during which Carlos Ghosn never stopped claiming his innocence.
Documents, articles, official statements and explanations will allow you to live, step by step, the contours of what is today described as the case of an economic war.
19 November 2018
20 – 29 November 2018
30 November – 20 December 2018
>> Police custody and specific charges: Nissan and Renault take opposing positions
21 – 25 December 2018
New charges against Carlos Ghosn, Greg Kelly is granted bail
End of December 2018
04 – 09 January 2019
10 – 11 January 2019
>> Carole Ghosn increases international pressure and exposes human rights violations
>> Renault reveals that its executives’ remuneration is fully compliant
>> Carlos Ghosn is charged on the two other counts
15 – 22 January 2019
23 – 24 January 2019
28 January 2019
>> In France, Emmanuel Macron calls on Shinzo Abe
>> Nissan confirms the SEC’s required disclosure on executive compensation
30 January 2019
Carlos Ghosn counterattacks in the media and
continues to claim his innocence
5 – 13 February 2019
>> Renault’s lawyers outraged by how Nissan is conducting its internal investigation
>> Renault to audit expenses attributed to Carlos Ghosn and challenge his pension benefits
13 – 20 February 2019
Carlos Ghosn gets a new defense team and launches the first attacks
26 February 2019
>> Anthony Ghosn and Carlos Ghosn’s lawyer in Lebanon to meet with Lebanese Prime Minister
04 – 06 March 2019
12 – 17 March 2019
>> Opening of an investigation in France
>> The Alliance’s revival plan against a backdrop of tensions
1 – 3 April 2019
04 April 2019
Carlos Ghosn is rearrested by Japanese prosecutors
04 – 25 April 2019
09 – 22 May 2019
>> Opening of the series of pre-trial hearings in Japan
26 May – 03 June 2019
International mobilization continues at the UN, in Brazil
and in the United States
04 – 06 June 2019
>> In France, suspicious expenses revealed
>> Renault misses out on the unmissable with FCA
09 June 2019
Greg Kelly: “I’m innocent, Saikawa knew everything”
end of June 2019
>> 23 June 2019 : Carlos Ghosn’s tax situation under the microscope
>> end of June 2019: the Ghosn family mobilized on the sidelines of the G20 in Osaka
03 – 12 July 2019
24 – 26 July 2019
Nissan and Renault announce disastrous financial results and a redundancy plan that cuts 12,500 jobs
August 2019
>> Concerted action by Carlos Ghosn’s friends and relatives
05 – 16 September 2019
23 September 2019
>> The United States will not prosecute Carlos Ghosn: settlement with the SEC
04 – 08 October 2019
>> Hari Nada more heavily involved than had been suggested in the internal audit
>> Corporate governance at Nissan and Renault undermined by successive departures
07 – 13 October 2019
Carole Ghosn denounces the lack of any response to the orchestrated plot against an innocent man
24 October 2019
29 October 2019
19 November 2019
22 November 2019
26 November – 18 December 2019
20 – 30 December 2019
30 December 2019
>> Carlos Ghosn arrival in Lebanon
02 – 07 January 2020
08 January 2020
Carlos Ghosn claims his innocence at a worldwide press conference