Former French President Sarkozy sentenced to five years in prison
25 September 15:09
A court in Paris has sentenced former French President Nicolas Sarkozy to five years in prison in a case of illegal financing of his 2007 election campaign with funds received from Libya. This was reported by BFMTV, "Komersant Ukrainian" reports.
According to the investigation, Sarkozy agreed with then-Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi in 2005 to receive funds for the election campaign in exchange for political support in the international arena.
The former president was accused of corruption, illegal campaign financing, and concealing Libyan public funds. Sarkozy himself has repeatedly stated that the accusations are based on no solid evidence.
Information about possible money transfers from Gaddafi appeared in 2011, when the Libyan leader’s son, Seif al-Islam, in an interview with Euronews TV channel demanded that the then French president admit to receiving aid from Tripoli.
