All news on the topic: Nicolas Sarkozy

It was Gerard Lheritier’s most amazing coup. The manuscript of Les 120 Journées de Sodome, the Marquis de Sade’s novel of sexual depravity and violence, had long been considered lost to French cultural heritage.

A Paris court was informed on Tuesday that former president Nicolas Sarkozy, contrary to his repeated denials, was involved in efforts to overturn an international warrant for the arrest of Libyan military intelligence chief Abdullah Senussi.

As former French President Nicolas Sarkozy appeals his historic conviction in the 2007 Libyan campaign financing scandal, anti-corruption advocates are highlighting the devastating human cost behind the crime.

Nicolas Sarkozy is set to publish a book next month titled A Prisoner’s Diary, detailing his 20 days in jail.

It could have been more dramatic episodes of “Engrenages” (Spiral), the heady hit French TV drama about power, corruption, and high politics among the Vuitton-clad Elysee classes.

Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy entered a prison in Paris on Tuesday on the first day of a five-year sentence, marking the first time a former leader of modern France has spent time behind bars.

Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy has been handed a five-year jail sentence.

Former French president alleged to have received millions of euros from Libyan dictator’s regime to fund campaign.

Sarkozy, 69, faces a one-year prison sentence but is likely to request home detention with an electronic bracelet.

Beny Steinmetz’s company obtained iron ore deposits worth billions thanks to bribes paid to the wife of a West African president.

Brazil is building a submarine fleet with France’s help.

French A-list supporters of Hollywood star Gerard Depardieu have come under fire for defending him after signing an open letter over claims of sexual assault on 14 women