At the outset of their trial earlier this month, former Green Beret Michael Taylor and his son Peter indicated they weren’t fighting the allegations, in Japan’s equivalent of pleading guilty.
A U.S. Army Special Forces veteran accused, along with his son, of smuggling former Nissan Motor Co. Chair Carlos Ghosn out of Japan in a box is imploring U.S. officials to block their extradition.
Department of Justice lawyers said the U.S. has a strong interest in the extradition request for the two men wanted in Japan for helping the former Nissan chairman flee the country.
A former Green Beret and his son can be extradited to Japan to face charges for smuggling the former chairman of the Nissan Motor Co. out of the country.