French courts have four months to debate the alleged financing of Nicolas Sarkozy’s 2007 election campaign by the Libyan regime. We take a look at the complicated history of relations between Tripoli ...

Sarkozy is accused by prosecutors of having struck a deal with Libya's late dictator Muammar Gaddafi to receive millions of ...

A trial has opened of France’s former President Nicolas Sarkozy and 11 co-defendants over alleged illegal financing of his 2007 presidential campaign by the government of then-Libyan leader Moammar Ga ...

Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy has vigorously denounced a “plot” he said was staged by “liars and crooks” on ...

Former President Nicolas Sarkozy of France on Monday went on trial in Paris over accusations that his 2007 campaign received illegal financing from the Libyan government of Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi.

Accused of war crimes, he is now imprisoned in Libya. Sarkozy has been convicted in two other scandals — yet the Libyan case appears as the one most likely to significantly affect his legacy. France’s ...

The ruins of Ptolemais are in the modern-day city of Tolmeita, Libya. The country sits along the Mediterranean Sea in North ...

Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy arrives at the courthouse for his trial over alleged illegal financing of his 2007 presidential campaign by the government of late Libyan leader Moammar ...

Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy enters the courtroom as he goes on trial over alleged illegal financing of his 2007 presidential campaign by the government of late Libyan leader Moammar ...

PARIS — Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy vigorously denounced a “plot” he said was staged by “liars and crooks” on Thursday at a Paris trial over the alleged illegal financing of ...