Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy sentenced to five years in prison in Libya campaign-financing trial – Europe live

Sarkozy found guilty of criminal conspiracy for receiving millions of euros from late Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi

Here is a bit more on that from Reuters:

Sarkozy, who has always denied the charges, was accused of making a deal with Gaddafi in 2005, when he was France’s interior minister, to obtain campaign financing in exchange for supporting the then-isolated Libyan government on the international stage.

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