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Sarkozy Faces Trial Over Alleged Libyan Funding of 2007 Campaign

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Nicolas Sarkozy is currently facing a trial related to a corruption scandal involving Muammar Gaddafi and his election campaign. The allegations suggest that Sarkozy's campaign was funded by the Libyan government in exchange for diplomatic, legal, and business favors. The corruption charges carry a maximum sentence of 10 years in prison. The charges against Sarkozy include passive corruption, illegal campaign financing, concealment of embezzlement of public funds, and criminal association. He is not expected to appear in court for the trial, which involves 11 other defendants, including three former ministers.

  1. FR
    Philippe Bouchez El Ghozi
    1. Claude Gueant will demonstrate that after more than ten years of investigation, none of the offences he is accused of have been proven.
  2. FR
    Christophe Ingrain
    1. He will fight the artificial construction dreamt up by the prosecution. There was no Libyan financing.
    2. There is no Libyan financing of the campaign.
  3. FR
    Chanez Mensous
    Sherpas
    1. This case gives us a very clear view of what transnational corruption is today and its implications. Something not often stressed enough is the damage caused to civil populations, namely the Libyan population, because this is about the embezzlement of Libyan public money.
  4. FR
    Fabrice Arfi
    Mediapart
    1. People will discover the compromising behaviour of an ex-president and his team with a terrible dictator, on a level that is diplomatic, economic, judicial and financial.

sources

  1. 1.The Guardian
  2. 2.CTV News
  3. 3.Le Monde
  4. 4.Al Jazeera
  5. 5.The Times
  6. 6.France 24
  7. 7.Agence France-Presse
  8. 8.Euronews
  9. 9.France 3 TV
  10. 10.Mediapart
  11. 11.Paris Match

perspectives

  1. 1.French Foreign Policy
  2. 2.Scandal
  3. 3.Corruption
  4. 4.French Politics
  5. 5.Electoral Fraud
  6. 6.Libyan Crisis
  7. 7.France under Nicolas Sarkozy

countries

  1. 1.United Arab EmiratesAE
  2. 2.BulgariaBG
  3. 3.SwitzerlandCH
  4. 4.AlgeriaDZ
  5. 5.FranceFR
  6. 6.United KingdomGB
  7. 7.LebanonLB
  8. 8.LibyaLY
  9. 9.NigerNE
  10. 10.Saudi ArabiaSA
  11. 11.United StatesUS
  12. 12.South AfricaZA

organizations

  1. 1.Elysée PalaceFR
  2. 2.Pan Am
  3. 3.Court of Cassation
  4. 4.North Atlantic Treaty Organisation
  5. 5.Socialist PartyFR
  6. 6.Union for a Popular MovementFR
  7. 7.United Talent Agency
  8. 8.Airbus
  9. 9.European Court of Human Rights
  10. 10.Republican Party

persons

  1. 1.Nicolas SarkozyFR
  2. 2.Claude Gueant
  3. 3.Muammar Gaddafi
  4. 4.Carla Bruni-Sarkozy
  5. 5.Brice Hortefeux
  6. 6.Christophe IngrainFR
  7. 7.Eric Woerth
  8. 8.Ziad Takieddine
  9. 9.Abdullah Al-Senussi
  10. 10.Francois Hollande
  11. 11.Bruno Waterfield
  12. 12.Emmanuel MacronFR

technicals

  1. 1.Arab Spring
  2. 2.Pan Am Flight 103
  3. 3.Personne N'y Comprend Rien
  4. 4.Sherpas
  5. 5.Danube River
  6. 6.Operation Save Sarko
  7. 7.UTA Flight 772
  8. 8.World War II