Nicolas Sarkozy Begins Five-Year Prison Sentence Amid Libya Fundraising Scandal

Former French president "Nicolas Sarkozy" begins a five-year prison sentence in "La Santé Prison" for conspiring to raise campaign funds from "Libya," marking a historic downfall in "France".

• "Nicolas Sarkozy," the former "President of France," is set to serve a five-year prison sentence starting Tuesday for his involvement in a campaign fundraising conspiracy linked to "Libya."
• This makes "Nicolas Sarkozy" the first former French leader to be imprisoned since Marshal Philippe Petain, a notable figure from World War Two, highlighting a significant legal precedent.
• The scandal, reported extensively by "Le Figaro" and other "newspaper" outlets, involves allegations of illicit fundraising during Sarkozys presidency from 2007 to 2012 and has far-reaching implications for political accountability in "France."