In the Libya case, he is charged with illegal campaign financing, embezzling, passive corruption and related counts. Sarkozy has been under investigation in the Libya case since 2013. Investigators examined claims that Mr Gaddafi’s government secretly gave Sarkozy 50 million euro (£42 million) for his winning 2007 campaign. After becoming president in 2007, Sarkozy welcomed Mr Gaddafi to France with high honours later that year. In an unrelated case, Sarkozy was sentenced to a year under house arrest for illegal campaign financing of his unsuccessful 2012 re-election bid.

Source: Libya Today August 25, 2023 11:51 UTC