20/3/2018
Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy in police custody for questioning over 'funding from Gaddafi'
Detectives probing claims Mr Sarkozy's victorious 2007 election campaign received €50m cash payments from Libya
Chris Baynes
Nicolas Sarkozy has been taken into police custody over claims he received millions of euros in illegal election financing from the regime of the late Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi, according to French judicial sources.
The former French President was being questioned by officers at Nanterre police station, west of Paris, on Tuesday as part of a five-year investigation into the allegations.
The probe centres on funding for Mr Sarkozy's victorious 2007 presidential election campaign.
Police launched an investigation in alleged misuse of power, forgery, abuse of public money, and money laundering in April 2013.
A year earlier, the investigative news website Mediapart published documents suggesting Libya made cash payments to Mr Sarkozy's campaign of up to €50m.
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