In 2005, then-minister Brice Hortefeux visited Tripoli, where he met Abdullah al-Senoussi, the man behind the 1989 UTA DC-10 bombing, which killed 170 people. An unplanned meeting, he said, denouncing a 'trap.
The youngest son of former Libyan dictator Moamer Kadhafi claims he was pressured to retract allegations about his country's funding of Nicolas Sarkozy's 2007 presidential campaign. In an exclusive interview with RFI,
Sarkozy is accused by prosecutors of having struck a deal with Libya's late dictator Muammar Gaddafi to receive millions of euros in illegal funding. View on euronews
Every day at the Paris court trying ex-president Nicolas Sarkozy over alleged corruption with Libyan dictator Moamer Kadhafi, the journalists who helped uncover the extraordinary allegations are following proceedings. Fabrice Arfi and Karl Laske have spent ...
Muammar Gaddafi’s son has told FRANCE 24’s sister radio RFI that he was personally involved in giving former French president Nicolas Sarkozy suitcases of cash ahead of his victorious 2007 presidential run.
Every day at the Paris court trying ex-president Nicolas Sarkozy over alleged corruption with Libyan dictator Moamer Kadhafi, the journalists who helped uncover the extraordinary allegations are ...
Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy strongly condemned a “conspiracy” he claimed was orchestrated by “liars and crooks ” during a Paris trial on Thursday regarding the supposed illegal funding of his 2007 presidential campaign by the Libyan regime under former leader Moammar Gadhafi.
Nicolas Sarkozy was questioned on Monday about his 2005 visit to Libya, which he described in detail to prove that it had been physically impossible for him to enter into a 'pact of corruption' with the Libyan leader.
Once seen as the respectable, media-friendly face of the Gaddafi regime, Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, the late Libyan dictator’s second son, has been an elusive figure since his father’s fall in 2011, held for years by a rebel group in a mountainous region southwest of Tripoli, before suddenly resurfacing to launch a short-lived presidential run.
PARIS (AP) — Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy went on trial Monday ... Accused of war crimes, he is now imprisoned in Libya. Sarkozy convicted in 2 other cases Sarkozy has been convicted ...
PARIS (AP) — France’s former President Nicolas Sarkozy ... about a legal case in which he was implicated. Alleged Libya financing Sarkozy and 12 others will go on trial in January 2025 ...
Son of former autocrat says ex-French president was paid $5m in exchange for political favours, as French court tries 12 over illicit foreign funding