Nicolas Sarkozy began his five-year jail sentence on Tuesday, Oct. 21, at La Santé prison in Paris. The former President of France was pictured holding hands with his wife Carla Bruni-Sarkozy as he left their home to report to the jail.

Sarkozy was convicted of criminal conspiracy for seeking campaign funds for 2007 election from Libya's Muammar Gaddafi.

Nicolas Sarkozy is found guilty of obtaining millions of euros in illegal financing from late Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi for his successful 2007 presidential bid.

The former president arrived at prison yesterday after being handed a five-year sentence for a plan to take money from Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi

Witness the dramatic collapse of Muammar Gaddafi’s rule during the 2011 Libyan Revolution. This video explores the uprising that swept across Libya, the NATO intervention that shifted the balance, and the violent end of one of the world’s longest-standing dictatorships,

The former French president, Nicolas Sarkozy, has started his five- year sentence at La Santé prison in central Paris. Sarkozy was convicted of criminal conspiracy to finance his election campaign with funds from the Libyan dictator, Muammar Gaddafi. He denies wrongdoing.

Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy faces a five-year prison sentence for criminal conspiracy in a campaign financing case involving Libya. This marks his third fraud-related conviction since his presidency.

Hannibal Gaddafi, youngest son of Muammar Gaddafi, has been held for nearly a decade without trial in Lebanon.

Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, and experts are still investigating the real motives behind the Western intervention and the persistence to get rid of him during that explosive period of the 'Arab Spri