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Nicolas Sarkozy illegal campaign financing conviction upheld

November 28, 2025 World Justice News 0

France’s highest court has upheld a sentence against former French President Nicolas Sarkozy over the illegal financing of his 2012 re-election campaign. He was found guilty of overspending on his campaign, then hiring a PR […]

Nicolas Sarkozy to wear tag after losing corruption appeal

May 17, 2023 World Justice News 0

Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy has lost his appeal against a prison sentence for corruption. However, the Paris appeals court ruled that he could serve his time at home wearing a tag instead of going […]

Sarkozy: Former French president sentenced to jail for corruption

March 1, 2021 World Justice News 0

Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy and two former associates have been sentenced to three years in jail – two of them suspended – for corruption. Sarkozy, 66, was found guilty of trying to bribe a […]

Trial of ex-president Sarkozy a landmark for France

November 23, 2020 World Justice News 0

He was nicknamed the “bling-bling” president for what many in France saw as his lavish tastes – but now Nicolas Sarkozy faces the stark reality of a soulless courtroom. He is going on trial accused […]

French ex-president Sarkozy charged with ‘criminal conspiracy’

October 16, 2020 World Justice News 0

French investigating magistrates have issued a fourth charge against ex-president Nicolas Sarkozy for allegedly accepting Libyan cash to fund his 2007 presidential campaign. He is accused of “membership in a criminal conspiracy”, in the long-running […]

French police hold ex-president Sarkozy over ‘Gaddafi funding’

March 20, 2018 World Justice News 0

Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy has been taken into police custody for questioning over allegations that he received campaign funding from the late Libyan leader Col Muammar Gaddafi. Police are investigating alleged irregularities over the […]

Australia

Australian murderer loses bid to eat Vegemite in prison

October 26, 2026 0

A convicted murderer serving a life sentence in Australia has lost his bid to overturn a ban on prisoners consuming Vegemite – the salty yeast-based spread that has become a national symbol. Andre McKechnie argued […]

Human Rights

Patients in chains rescued from suspected illegal rehab centre in South Africa

October 16, 2026 0

A pastor and his wife have been arrested in South Africa after 200 people, some in chains, were found held at a suspected illegal rehabilitation centre in the north-eastern part of the country. The facility, […]

Human Rights

UK threatens to ban Eritreans over migrant return policy

October 15, 2026 0

Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood has threatened to ban all Eritreans from entering the UK if the east African country’s government does not accept more returns of small boat migrants and foreign national offenders. From Thursday, […]