Nicolas Sarkozy goes on trial over alleged Gaddafi election funding
Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy has gone on trial in Paris, accused of taking tens of millions of euros of illicit funds from the late Libyan chief Col Muammar Gaddafi to finance his 2007 election marketing campaign. In trade, the prosecution alleges Sarkozy promised to assist Gaddafi fight his fame as a pariah with Western…