Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy has been sentenced to five years in jail after being found guilty of criminal conspiracy in a case related to millions of euros of illicit funds from the late L...

Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy was sentenced to five years in prison on Thursday (September 25) after a Paris court found him guilty of criminal association in a case linked to alleged illega...

The court ruled that Mr. Sarkozy would be taken into custody at a later date and that incarceration would be enforced even if he appeals — a harsh sentence that few expected and that is unprecedented...