ゴーン被告逃亡関与で禁錮刑　プライベートジェット操縦士ら３人―トルコ

　【イスタンブール時事】日産自動車前会長カルロス・ゴーン被告が２０１９年末に日本からトルコ経由でレバノンに逃亡した事件で、トルコ・イスタンブールの裁判所は２４日、逃亡に使われたプライベートジェット（ＰＪ）の運航会社元幹部と操縦士２人に禁錮４年２月の有罪判決を言い渡した。
　ゴーン被告逃亡への関与に絡み、有罪判決が下されたのは初めて。このほかにも逃亡を手助けしたとして元米軍特殊部隊員マイケル・テイラー容疑者らが米国で拘束され、米連邦最高裁が今月、日本への身柄引き渡しを認める判断を出している。
　トルコ検察は昨年５月、ＰＪを手配した元幹部オカン・キョセメン被告と操縦士４人、客室乗務員２人を「密航させた罪」や「密航を知りながら通報しなかった罪」で起訴。７人は少なくとも日本を出発するまでゴーン被告の搭乗を知らなかったと説明し、否認していた。７人のうち操縦士２人と客室乗務員２人には無罪が言い渡された。（2021/02/24-23:21）

A Turkish court on Wednesday sentenced a former executive of a private jet company and two pilots to jail terms over their involvement in former Nissan Motor Co. Chairman Carlos Ghosn's escape from Japan to Lebanon via Turkey in late 2019.
   The court in Istanbul sentenced each of the three to four years and two months in prison. This is the first time that people allegedly involved in Ghosn's escape have received a guilty ruling.
   Earlier this month, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a ruling allowing the extradition to Japan of two Americans detained in the United States for allegedly helping Ghosn flee to Lebanon.
   In May last year, Turkish prosecutors indicted seven people, including the former executive and the two pilots, on suspicion of allowing Ghosn to smuggle himself out of Japan via a private jet and failing to report the smuggling.
   The seven denied the charges, saying they did not know that Ghosn was on the private jet at least until after the plane's departure from Japan. Among the seven, two other pilots and two cabin crew members were found not guilty.