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Sarkozy Faces New Accusations in Libya Funding Corruption Case

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The financial investigator leading the probe into Libya’s alleged funding of former French President Nicolas Sarkozy’s 2007 election campaign has described the case as an “Ali Baba’s cave of money laundering.” The remarks were made during a court hearing at the Paris Criminal Court on Monday, shedding new light on the decade-long investigation. Frédéric Vidal, an investigator from France’s Central Office for Combating Corruption, Financial and T…

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Marianne

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"I'm not a bandit": at the Libyan trial, Nicolas Sarkozy's final explanations and the six other defendants

Last day of debate at the Libyan trial before the pleadings and requisitions. The seven defendants present were able to explain a final time. Nothing very new in these seven protests of innocence. Nicolas Sarkozy pleaded with his guts...

2 months ago

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France Info

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"I've had the weight of this infamy on my shoulders for 13 years" : Nicolas Sarkozy sweeps the accusations at the trial of suspicions of Libyan financing

As he has done on numerous occasions since the opening of his trial, Nicolas Sarkozy declared his innocence on Wednesday, when he was questioned one last time before the beginning of the pleadings of the lawyers of the civil parties, in front of his wife Carla Bruni-Sarkozy.

2 months ago·Strasbourg, France

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Le Figaro

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"I made a mistake because I'm innocent!" cried Nicolas Sarkozy at the "Libyan funding" trial.

HEARING RECORD - The former President of the Republic claims that he had not anticipated the judicial developments of a "complot" since there is "no evidence" against him.

2 months ago·Paris, France

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Le Parisien

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Trial of Libyan financing of Nicolas Sarkozy's campaign: a tentacular procedure told by an investigator

One of the main investigators in the case of the financing of Nicolas Sarkozy's campaign in 2007 and his alleged links with dictator Gaddafi summed up in detail this Monday's out-of-standard and incredibly complex investigations.

2 months ago·Paris, France

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Mediapart

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Sarkozy-Kadhafi trial: an out-of-standard police investigation told from inside

Commander Frédéric Vidal, who led police investigations into Libyan financing for ten years, delivered a sober, concise and fearsome testimony on Monday, March 17th...

2 months ago·Paris, France

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Le Monde

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At the Sarkozy-Kadhafi trial, the police officer who conducted the investigation and the longest rogatory commission of his career

Commander Frédéric Vidal detailed, on Monday 17 March, taking great care to remain factual, the peculiarities of an investigation into a former President of the Republic... surrounded by a former Minister of the Interior and a former police prefect.

2 months ago·Paris, France

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