Sarkozy on trial: Campaigns, Gaddafi and suitcases full of cash
Former French president Nicholas Sarkozy went on trial January 6 for allegedly accepting some €50 million from late Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi to fund his successful 2007 presidential bid . The accusations involve a dozen defendants of various nationalities as well as spy chiefs, suitcases of cash and a mysterious drowning in Vienna.