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Japan issues arrest warrant for Carole Ghosn

The Japanese authorities said this morning that they were seeking to detain Carlos Ghosn’s wife, Carole, accusing her of providing false testimony about her husband’s legal case, according to Makiko Inoue and Eimi Yamamitsu of the NYT.

“They said Mrs. Ghosn testified in April that she did not know a person who was involved in Mr. Ghosn’s case, even though she was in communication with that person while the person was wiring money between companies at Mr. Ghosn’s request,” the NYT reports.

It’s meant to ramp up pressure to bring Mr. Ghosn back to the country to face criminal charges, the NYT adds.

But the chances of getting Mrs. Ghosn are slim. She’s believed to be in Beirut with her husband, and it’s not clear that the Lebanese authorities will cooperate with a Japanese request to extradite him.