Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy went on trial on Monday ... arms dealers and allegations Gadhafi provided Sarkozy’s campaign with millions of euros shipped to Paris in suitcases.

(AP Photo/Francois Mori, File) MARSEILLE, France (CN) — Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy's trial began Monday over charges he accepted millions of euros from former Libyan leader Moammar ...

PARIS (AP) — Former French President Nicolas ... campaign by the Libyan government led by former leader Moammar Gadhafi. In his first remarks since the trial started on Monday, Sarkozy, 69 ...

France’s former President Nicolas Sarkozy goes on trial Monday over alleged illegal financing of his 2007 presidential campaign by the government of late Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi.

France's former president Nicolas Sarkozy has gone on trial over allegations of having received millions from Libya's former dictator Moammar Gaddafi to finance his 2007 presidential campaign.