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Paris Appeals Court Frees Wahib Nacer Under Judicial Supervision in Libya-Financing Case

The court framed the move as a procedural step applying appeal-stage criteria rather than a judgment on guilt.

Wahib Nacer est le premier des trois détenus du procès libyen à demander sa mise en liberté.
L'ancien président Nicolas Sarkozy et l'ancien banquier franco-djiboutien Wahib Nacer, à Paris, le 21 octobre 2025.
Procès libyen: l'ancien banquier Wahib Nacer libéré

Overview

  • Judges ordered passport surrender, a ban on leaving metropolitan France, and regular police check-ins as conditions for release.
  • Nacer had been jailed since September 25 following a four-year sentence for aggravated money laundering and complicity in influence peddling.
  • Prosecutors opposed release, arguing his guarantees of appearance were insufficient and raising a flight-risk concern.
  • The first-instance judgment described Nacer as central to opaque financial schemes, including a €500,000 payment to Claude Guéant and a fraudulent villa sale to Libya’s sovereign fund.
  • Appeals in the broader case continue, with Nicolas Sarkozy contesting his five-year sentence and Alexandre Djouhri’s liberty request set for November 3.