IF YOU READ ONE THING

• Boundless: The Rise, Fall, and Escape of Carlos Ghosn — Nick Kostov & Sean McLain (Harper Business, 2022)

DOCS / LONG-FORM (light touch for context/visuals)

• Wanted: The Escape of Carlos Ghosn (Apple TV+, 2023) — referenced sparingly; big overlap with Boundless

• Ghosn’s Rise and Fall: From Car Tycoon to International Fugitive — SLICE WHO (YouTube):

  

• 90-min Hiroto Saikawa interview (YouTube):

  

LEGAL / POLICY

• UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention — Opinion No. 61/2020 (Japan/Carlos Ghosn)

• JPX survey on post-retirement “advisor” roles: https://www.jpx.co.jp/english/news/1020/b5b4pj0000049vro.pdf

• Ghosn’s site on “hostage justice”: https://carlosghosn.info/hostage-justice/

NEWS / TIMELINES / ANALYSIS

• Reuters timeline: https://www.reuters.com/article/business/timeline-from-arrest-to-flight-key-dates-in-the-ghosn-affair-idUSKBN1Z71R7

• Asia Times (2025): Japan appeals court & Kelly verdict: https://asiatimes.com/2025/02/how-japan-appeals-court-rubber-stamped-kelly-verdict-in-ghosn-case/

• IndustryWeek (2022): French arrest warrant: https://www.industryweek.com/leadership/companies-executives/article/21240018/french-prosecutors-issue-international-arrest-warrant-for-ghosn

• Al Jazeera (2021): Beirut questioning & Versailles spending: https://www.aljazeera.com/economy/2021/5/31/ghosns-lavish-versailles-parties-part-of-beirut-interrogation

• Finshots explainer: https://finshots.in/archive/the-carlos-ghosn-affair/

• NYT: Nissan internal evidence reporting (2019): https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/24/business/nissan-carlos-ghosn-evidence.html (alt archive: https://web.archive.org/web/20191025015516/https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/24/business/nissan-carlos-ghosn-evidence.html)

• Washington Post / France24 / Le Monde / Bloomberg — general coverage of the 2022 French warrants

BACKGROUND / EXTRAS

• The Times (UK) on Georges Ghosn (paywalled): https://www.thetimes.com/world/article/carlos-ghosns-father-jailed-for-killing-priest-in-lebanon-sl5p3zvj0

• World Socialist Web Site (2000): on Nissan restructuring/labor context: https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2000/01/lab-j29.html

• University of Aberdeen (PDF handout): https://www.abdn.ac.uk/media/site/business/images/layout/Carlos_Ghosn_-_PDF_copy.pdf

• WardsAuto (1999): “Nissan in Bad Shape, But Now Has The Plan”: https://www.wardsauto.com/nissan/nissan-in-bad-shape-but-now-has-the-plan

• Nadim Karam monument (2018): https://jpcdn.it/img/9608b4735753188215e7d04f945fdfcf.jpg

NOTE

• I also used other articles/clips you see in the video; those are credited on-screen when they appear. I’m bad at making these source lists, so there’s definitely more I missed — DM me on Discord if you need a specific link that’s not here.