涉嫌收受卡扎菲的政治献金 法前总统萨科齐遭羁押

Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy has been taken into police custody for questioning over allegations that he received campaign funding in 2007 from the late Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, local media reported.

据法国当地媒体报道，法国前总统尼古拉·萨科齐涉嫌收受利比亚前领导人穆阿迈尔·卡扎菲提供的政治献金用于2007年总统竞选，目前已被拘留传讯。

The investigation is potentially France's most explosive political financing scandal in decades.

此次调查可能是法国几十年来最具爆炸性的政治融资丑闻。

Sarkozy has repeatedly denied the allegations, dismissing the claims as "grotesque".

萨科齐本人一再否认这些指控，并认为这些指控非常“荒唐”。

A French-Lebanese businessman Ziad Takieddine revealed that between 2006 and 2007 he delivered three suitcases containing 5 million euros in cash from Gaddafi to Sarkozy as well as to Claude Gueant, Sarkozy's former chief of staff and campaign director.

拥有法国与黎巴嫩双重国籍的商人齐亚德·塔基丁透露，2006年至2007年他曾受托将来自卡扎菲的三个手提箱转交给萨科齐及其前参谋长兼竞选主任克劳德·盖昂，手提箱中有500万欧元现钞。

Sarkozy had a complex relationship with Gaddafi. Soon after becoming the French president, he invited the Libyan leader to France for a state visit and welcomed him with high honours.

萨科齐与卡扎菲之间的关系很复杂。在成为法国总统后不久，他曾邀请这位利比亚领导人到法国进行国事访问，并给予了他很高规格的接待。

But Sarkozy then put France in the forefront of Nato-led airstrikes against Gaddafi's troops that helped rebel fighters topple his regime in 2011.

但在2011年由北约领导的针对卡扎菲军队的空袭中，萨科齐将法国置于先锋的位置，并帮助反对派武装推翻了卡扎菲政权。

The French Department of Justice is making further investigations.

据悉，法国司法部门已着手进一步调查。