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On the first anniversary of the incident, when will the dust settle? Recently, Carlos Ghosn's wife, Carole, said that he should be tried in France because he will not get a fair trial result in Tokyo. In an interview with Bloomberg, Carroll expressed doubts about the "hostage justice" that Japanese prosecutors forced suspects to confess by limiting their personal freedom for a long time. Ghosn's wife also called for the trial to begin as soon as possible, although she had previously suggested that it be postponed until after the Tokyo Summer Olympics to avoid affecting Japan's reputation. In fact, this case also shows that there are obvious differences between Japan and other Western democratic countries in tracking down crimes and dealing with suspects. For many years, human rights groups, lawyers and legal scholars have criticized the Japanese judicial system, accusing it of relying on long-term detention and interrogation to obtain "confession" from suspects. After the prosecution gets the confession, the suspect is often convicted in the trial. Carroll called on France, the United States and Brazil to help her husband more, and the French government finally began to respond. Last month, former French President Nicolas Sarkozy met with Ghosn in Tokyo with the consent of French President Nicolas macarone. After that, a group of French lawmakers asked to bring Ghosn to France for trial. But le Maire, France's finance minister, quickly rejected the proposal on the grounds that he did not want any form of "intervention" in Japan's judicial system. Although Ghosn was eventually released on bail, his personal freedom was always limited. Now, he faces a total of four charges, although he denies all wrongdoing. During that time, Carroll was also involved in the storm: Ghosn was suspected of transferring $5 million from the car to a dealer, then to a company controlled by him in Lebanon, and the money finally flowed into the company controlled by Ghosn's wife and son. But in an interview with Bloomberg, Carroll said she "knew nothing" about her husband's business deal and "has been clarified.". Last month, Mr Ghosn's lawyers said the indictment against him stemmed from illegal collusion between prosecutors, government officials and Nissan executives, forming a secret working group to accuse him of wrongdoing and charge him. The aim is to oust Ghosn to prevent him from further integrating Nissan and Renault, which threaten Nissan's position in the alliance.