A French court on Tuesday sentenced paparazzi queen Mimi Marchand to an 18-month suspended prison sentence for blackmailing a ...

Earlier this year, Sarkozy stood trial over allegations that he received millions of dollars from Libya for his successful presidential campaign in 2007. He denies the claims. Prosecutors requested a ...

France’s former president Nicolas Sarkozy has been stripped of his Legion of Honour medal after being convicted last year of corruption and influence peddling while he was the country’s head of state.

The Legion of Honour code states: “Any person sentenced for a crime or to a definitive prison term of at least one year is excluded.” Sarkozy, a member of the centre-right Republicans party (LR), ...

The allegations can be traced back to 2011, when a Libyan news agency and Gaddafi himself said that the Libyan state had secretly funnelled millions of euros into Sarkozy's 2007 campaign. View on euro ...

PARIS — Prosecutors on Thursday requested that former French President Nicolas Sarkozy be sentenced to seven years in prison for allegedly accepting money from the late Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi ...

Prosecutors requested a seven-year prison sentence for former president Nicolas Sarkozy, on Thursday, March 27, in his trial on charges of allegedly accepting illegal election campaign financing ...

In addition to prison time, prosecutors also requested that Mr. Sarkozy, 70, pay a fine of 300,000 euros, or about $340,000; that he be barred from running for office, and that he be stripped of ...

Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy, on trial charged with accepting illegal campaign financing, told a court Thursday he ...

France's former president Nicolas Sarkozy and 11 co-defendants have gone on trial over the alleged illegal financing of his 2007 presidential campaign by the government of then-Libyan leader Muammar ...

Ex-French leader Sarkozy on trial over alleged Gaddafi funds: All to know If convicted, Nicolas Sarkozy could face up to 10 years in prison for a ‘corruption pact’ with the late Libyan leader.