Tokyo prosecutors issue arrest warrant for Nissan ex-chair Carlos Ghosn's wife

Prosecutors in Tokyo have issued an arrest warrant for Carlos Ghosn's wife Carole Ghosn, approximately one week after the former Nissan executive jumped bail and dramatically fled to Lebanon.

Turkish media reported that he fled to Lebanon via Istanbul. Authorities in Turkey detained seven people last week as part of an investigation into how he was able to flee through Turkey, the prosecutor's office confirmed to ABC News.

CEO of Renault and Nissan Carlos Ghosn and his wife Carole Ghosn attend amfAR's 22nd Cinema Against AIDS Gala, May 21, 2015, in Cap d'Antibes, France.On Tuesday, Nissan called its former chairman's escape"extremely regrettable." Carlos Ghosn, chairman of Renault SAS, Nissan Motor Co., and Mitsubishi Motors Corp., left, and his wife Carole Nahas view artwork at the DIA Art Foundation in New York, May 6, 2017.

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