Sarkozy flat raided over campaign money claims
AFP - [email protected]
Published: 3 Jul, 2012 CET.
Updated: Tue 3 Jul 2012 17:31 CET
French police searched Nicolas Sarkozy's offices and home on Tuesday as part of their probe into claims the former president was involved in illegal political campaign financing, his lawyer said.
Magistrates are investigating claims that staff for Liliane Bettencourt, heiress to the L'Oreal cosmetics empire and France's richest woman, gave envelopes stuffed with cash to Sarkozy aides to finance his 2007 campaign.
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