Sarkozy held for ‘Gaddafi funding’
French ex-President Nicolas Sarkozy was taken into police custody and questioned over allegations that late Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi financed his 2007 election campaign via suitcases stuffed with cash, a source close to the inquiry .
Sarkozy was detained and was being questioned by prosecutors specialising in corruption, money laundering and tax evasion at their office in the Parisian suburb of Nanterre.
The 63-year-old had until now refused to respond to summons for questioning in the case, one of several legal probes that have dogged the right-winger since he left office after one term in 2012.
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