Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy has been found guilty of criminal conspiracy in a trial in which he was accused of receiving millions of euros in illegal financing from late Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi for his successful 2007 presidential bid.

A Paris court delivered the ruling on Thursday morning, local time. Sarkozy was acquitted of all other charges, including passive corruption, illegal campaign financing, concealment of the embezzlement of public funds, and criminal association.

Sarkozy's legal woes Photo shows A man in a black pinstripe suit walks sullenly behind a guard

France's former president Nicolas Sarkozy is going on trial over his alleged links to Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi, but it will not be his first time in court.

The 70-year-old was accused of mak

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