Ghosn with the Wind: How the ex-CEO of Nissan escaped trial in Japan

The name's Ghosn. Carlos Ghosn... The disgraced former all-star CEO of Nissan and Renault has stealthily escaped house arrest in Tokyo, where he was awaiting trial for fraud and other financial crimes (the bad kind of money moves). This news didn't affect those car companies' businesses (or stocks), because Ghosn's the former CEO, but here's the scene-by-scene:

• November 2018: The Brazilian-born Frenchman with Lebanese roots is arrested and forced to surrender (all 3 of) his passports.
• April 2019: Ghosn is confined to strict house arrest in Tokyo while he waits to be tried in court (fun fact: Japanese prosecutors enjoy a 99% conviction rate) — his house is under 24/7 police surveillance.
• Late December 2019 afternoon: Carryon-sized 5'6" Ghosn is reportedly packed into a musical instrument case owned by "Gregorian musicians" permitted to play at his home.
• Late December 2019 evening: That music case secretly boards a private jet to Lebanon, with a pit stop at Istanbul's Ataturk Airport — that somehow goes completely unnoticed.
• New Year's Eve: Ghosn shows up in Beirut on NYE and pops champagne while revealing his escape, annoying/confusing a lot of people.

"I am dumbfounded"... The words of Ghosn's lawyer (everyone else is baffled, too). But one thing is clear: it took months of planning, and he couldn't have done it alone. Now that he skipped trial to avoid "injustice" (his words) and forfeited $14M in bail, he may have to spend the rest of his life in Lebanon (they've got no extradition treaty with Japan).