Nicolas Sarkozy will be imprisoned today after being sentenced to five years for illegal financing
The former French president is entering La Sant prison in Paris today after being found guilty of receiving money from the Gaddafi regime for the 2007 election campaign.
Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy, sentenced in September to five years in prison for attempting to raise funds from Libya for his 2007 presidential campaign, will be admitted to La Sant prison in Paris today.
According to the court, the conservative politician took advantage of his efforts to secure funding for the regime of the Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi.
Sarkozy will become the first former president of the French Republic to enter prison. Sarkozy has been convicted of the so-called "Libya case" for crimes related to fraud and corruption.
The investigation into the alleged financing of the 2007 Libyan campaign has lasted for more than a decade, with statements from witnesses, former collaborators, and documents showing an irregular flow of money from Gaddafi's regime to Sarkozy's party.
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