Former French President Sarkozy Begins House Arrest Following Corruption Conviction

Nicolas Sarkozy, sentenced to three years for corruption, will serve one year under electronic surveillance while facing additional charges over alleged illegal campaign financing.

• Nicolas Sarkozy, France's former president, has started serving a one-year house arrest sentence with an electronic ankle monitor after his corruption conviction was upheld in December 2024.
• He was found guilty of attempting to bribe a judge in 2014 in exchange for confidential information about an ongoing investigation, endangering judicial independence according to prosecutors.
• Sarkozy's three-year sentence includes two years suspended, making the one-year house arrest unprecedented for a former French head of state in modern history.
• The 70-year-old is also currently on trial for allegations of illegal campaign financing tied to funds from Libya's Gaddafi regime during his 2007 presidential campaign, which he denies.
• This marks Sarkozy's fifth legal case in five years, with potential penalties of up to ten years in prison if convicted in the ongoing Libyan financing case.

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