Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy has been taken into police custody as part of an investigation into allegations that he received funding from the regime of Libyan dictator Moammar Gaddafi.
It's alleged that the former president was given €50m funding by the Gaddafi regime during his 2007 presidential campaign.
Mr Sarkozy was questioned by police at the Nanterre police station, just west of Paris, a source told Associated Press.
Sarkozy and his former chief of staff have denied wrongdoing.
Investigators are examining claims that Gadhafi's regime secretly gave Sarkozy 50 million euros overall for the 2007 campaign. Such a sum would be more than double the legal campaign funding limit at the time of 21 million euros.
In addition, the alleged payments would violate French rules against foreign financing and declaring the source of campaign funds.
Sarkozy had a complex relationship with Gadhafi. Soon after becoming the French president, Sarkozy invited the Libyan leader to France for a state visit and welcomed him with high honors.
But Sarkozy then put France in the forefront of NATO-led airstrikes against Gadhafi's troops that helped rebel fighters topple his regime in 2011.
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