In France, detained ex-President Nicolas Sarkozy. This is reported by RIA Novosti with reference to the newspaper Monde. Politics detained operatives of the anti-corruption department.

The detention took place on Tuesday morning, March 20. The former head of the country is placed in custody in the town of Nanterre in the suburbs of Paris.

Sarkozy came to the hearing on the case of financing his election campaign in 2007 by the authorities of Libya, according to the telegram channel Mash.

The period of detention is limited to 48 hours. During this time, the siloviki must present Sarkozy with a charge.

In the spring of 2012, the French edition of Mediapart published documents that indicated the transfer of 50 million euros by the Libyan authorities to the presidential campaign of Sarkozy. After the publication of the publication, a criminal case was opened, which is being investigated up to now.