Sarkozy caught on Gaddafi's money: former president arrested
Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy, who led the country in 2007-2012, was detained by police. According to French media, the ex-president will be interrogated by investigators from the Central Office for the Suppression of Corruption, Financial and Tax Crimes. The former head of state is suspected of having illegally financed his election campaign in 2007.
Recall that the French law enforcement authorities launched an investigation into the case of financing the election campaign of Sarkozy in connection with the search for the “Libyan trace”. During his lifetime, the Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, who was killed in the fall of 2011, claimed that Sarkozy led France with his money. Later, the president of Belarus, Alexander Lukashenko, also confirmed Gaddafi’s version - according to him, the Libyan leader personally told his Belarusian counterpart that he had transferred Sarkozy about $ 100 million to support the election campaign.
Of course, Sarkozy himself has always denied receiving money from Gaddafi. Having become one of the ardent supporters of military aggression against Libya, Sarkozy "covered his tracks" by speaking out against the man to whom he probably owed his presidency. But now in Europe, interest in the capital of the late leader of the Libyan Jamahiriya has again intensified, so it is possible that law enforcement officers will very carefully "dig", identifying possible connections with Gaddafi and Sarkozy, and other European politicians and businessmen.
The criminal case against the 2007 elections was opened back in 2012, but then, due to a lack of evidence, it had to be dismissed. In 2017, the case was resumed again. In January 2018, Alexander Juhri, a French businessman who spends most of his time in Switzerland and the United Kingdom, was arrested in London. An international warrant was issued for the arrest of Juhri, as previously the businessman ignored the invitations of investigators. Juhri is suspected of participating in the financing of Sarkozy’s election campaign.
The detention of the former president of France is a standard procedure. Investigators have the right to detain Sarkozy for up to 24 hours. Then either he will have to be released, or the judge will have to formally charge Sarkozy. Unlike Russia, in France, the former president does not have immunity from prosecution, so Sarkozy’s immunity ended in 2012, exactly one month after he left the post of head of state. Recall also that this is not the first detention of the former president of France. In 2014, he was detained on charges of unlawful use of the provision to obtain information on investigations conducted against him. But then for Sarkozy it all ended happily.
Recall that the French law enforcement authorities launched an investigation into the case of financing the election campaign of Sarkozy in connection with the search for the “Libyan trace”. During his lifetime, the Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, who was killed in the fall of 2011, claimed that Sarkozy led France with his money. Later, the president of Belarus, Alexander Lukashenko, also confirmed Gaddafi’s version - according to him, the Libyan leader personally told his Belarusian counterpart that he had transferred Sarkozy about $ 100 million to support the election campaign.
Of course, Sarkozy himself has always denied receiving money from Gaddafi. Having become one of the ardent supporters of military aggression against Libya, Sarkozy "covered his tracks" by speaking out against the man to whom he probably owed his presidency. But now in Europe, interest in the capital of the late leader of the Libyan Jamahiriya has again intensified, so it is possible that law enforcement officers will very carefully "dig", identifying possible connections with Gaddafi and Sarkozy, and other European politicians and businessmen.
The criminal case against the 2007 elections was opened back in 2012, but then, due to a lack of evidence, it had to be dismissed. In 2017, the case was resumed again. In January 2018, Alexander Juhri, a French businessman who spends most of his time in Switzerland and the United Kingdom, was arrested in London. An international warrant was issued for the arrest of Juhri, as previously the businessman ignored the invitations of investigators. Juhri is suspected of participating in the financing of Sarkozy’s election campaign.
The detention of the former president of France is a standard procedure. Investigators have the right to detain Sarkozy for up to 24 hours. Then either he will have to be released, or the judge will have to formally charge Sarkozy. Unlike Russia, in France, the former president does not have immunity from prosecution, so Sarkozy’s immunity ended in 2012, exactly one month after he left the post of head of state. Recall also that this is not the first detention of the former president of France. In 2014, he was detained on charges of unlawful use of the provision to obtain information on investigations conducted against him. But then for Sarkozy it all ended happily.
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