Search｜Photos & Images & Videos｜KYODO NEWS IMAGES INC

Robbery at the Louvre Museum - French Crown Jewels - Paris

File photo taken on October 22, 2023 shows visitors inside the Apollon Gallery, in the Louvre Museum, Paris, France. Besides the sumptuous decoration of the room itself, the gallery's main attractions are the remaining pieces of the French Crown Jewels. On October 19, 2025, the 'Heist of the Century' took place in this very room. A team of experienced thieves cleaned out two of its display cases and stole eight pieces of jewellery of inestimable heritage value. Photo by Jarry Tripelon/Only Paris/ABACAPRESS.COM

E

Robbery at the Louvre Museum - French Crown Jewels - Paris

File photo taken on October 22, 2023 shows visitors inside the Apollon Gallery, in the Louvre Museum, Paris, France. Besides the sumptuous decoration of the room itself, the gallery's main attractions are the remaining pieces of the French Crown Jewels. On October 19, 2025, the 'Heist of the Century' took place in this very room. A team of experienced thieves cleaned out two of its display cases and stole eight pieces of jewellery of inestimable heritage value. Photo by Jarry Tripelon/Only Paris/ABACAPRESS.COM

E

Robbery at the Louvre Museum - French Crown Jewels - Paris

File photo taken on October 22, 2023 shows visitors inside the Apollon Gallery, in the Louvre Museum, Paris, France. Besides the sumptuous decoration of the room itself, the gallery's main attractions are the remaining pieces of the French Crown Jewels. On October 19, 2025, the 'Heist of the Century' took place in this very room. A team of experienced thieves cleaned out two of its display cases and stole eight pieces of jewellery of inestimable heritage value. Photo by Jarry Tripelon/Only Paris/ABACAPRESS.COM

E

Robbery at the Louvre Museum - French Crown Jewels - Paris

File photo taken on October 22, 2023 shows visitors inside the Apollon Gallery, in the Louvre Museum, Paris, France. Besides the sumptuous decoration of the room itself, the gallery's main attractions are the remaining pieces of the French Crown Jewels. On October 19, 2025, the 'Heist of the Century' took place in this very room. A team of experienced thieves cleaned out two of its display cases and stole eight pieces of jewellery of inestimable heritage value. Photo by Jarry Tripelon/Only Paris/ABACAPRESS.COM

E

Robbery at the Louvre Museum - French Crown Jewels - Paris

File photo taken on October 22, 2023 shows visitors inside the Apollon Gallery, in the Louvre Museum, Paris, France. Besides the sumptuous decoration of the room itself, the gallery's main attractions are the remaining pieces of the French Crown Jewels. On October 19, 2025, the 'Heist of the Century' took place in this very room. A team of experienced thieves cleaned out two of its display cases and stole eight pieces of jewellery of inestimable heritage value. Photo by Jarry Tripelon/Only Paris/ABACAPRESS.COM

E

Robbery at the Louvre Museum - French Crown Jewels - Paris

File photo taken on October 22, 2023 shows visitors inside the Apollon Gallery, in the Louvre Museum, Paris, France. Besides the sumptuous decoration of the room itself, the gallery's main attractions are the remaining pieces of the French Crown Jewels. On October 19, 2025, the 'Heist of the Century' took place in this very room. A team of experienced thieves cleaned out two of its display cases and stole eight pieces of jewellery of inestimable heritage value. Photo by Jarry Tripelon/Only Paris/ABACAPRESS.COM

E

Robbery at the Louvre Museum - French Crown Jewels - Paris

File photo taken on October 22, 2023 shows visitors inside the Apollon Gallery, in the Louvre Museum, Paris, France. Besides the sumptuous decoration of the room itself, the gallery's main attractions are the remaining pieces of the French Crown Jewels. On October 19, 2025, the 'Heist of the Century' took place in this very room. A team of experienced thieves cleaned out two of its display cases and stole eight pieces of jewellery of inestimable heritage value. Photo by Jarry Tripelon/Only Paris/ABACAPRESS.COM

E

Robbery at the Louvre Museum - French Crown Jewels - Paris

File photo taken on October 22, 2023 shows visitors inside the Apollon Gallery, in the Louvre Museum, Paris, France. Besides the sumptuous decoration of the room itself, the gallery's main attractions are the remaining pieces of the French Crown Jewels. On October 19, 2025, the 'Heist of the Century' took place in this very room. A team of experienced thieves cleaned out two of its display cases and stole eight pieces of jewellery of inestimable heritage value. Photo by Jarry Tripelon/Only Paris/ABACAPRESS.COM

E

Robbery at the Louvre Museum - French Crown Jewels - Paris

File photo taken on October 22, 2023 shows visitors inside the Apollon Gallery, in the Louvre Museum, Paris, France. Besides the sumptuous decoration of the room itself, the gallery's main attractions are the remaining pieces of the French Crown Jewels. On October 19, 2025, the 'Heist of the Century' took place in this very room. A team of experienced thieves cleaned out two of its display cases and stole eight pieces of jewellery of inestimable heritage value. Photo by Jarry Tripelon/Only Paris/ABACAPRESS.COM

E

Robbery at the Louvre Museum - French Crown Jewels - Paris

File photo taken on October 22, 2023 shows visitors inside the Apollon Gallery, in the Louvre Museum, Paris, France. Besides the sumptuous decoration of the room itself, the gallery's main attractions are the remaining pieces of the French Crown Jewels. On October 19, 2025, the 'Heist of the Century' took place in this very room. A team of experienced thieves cleaned out two of its display cases and stole eight pieces of jewellery of inestimable heritage value. Photo by Jarry Tripelon/Only Paris/ABACAPRESS.COM

E

Robbery at the Louvre Museum - French Crown Jewels - Paris

File photo taken on October 22, 2023 shows visitors inside the Apollon Gallery, in the Louvre Museum, Paris, France. Besides the sumptuous decoration of the room itself, the gallery's main attractions are the remaining pieces of the French Crown Jewels. On October 19, 2025, the 'Heist of the Century' took place in this very room. A team of experienced thieves cleaned out two of its display cases and stole eight pieces of jewellery of inestimable heritage value. Photo by Jarry Tripelon/Only Paris/ABACAPRESS.COM

E

Robbery at the Louvre Museum - French Crown Jewels - Paris

File photo taken on October 22, 2023 shows visitors inside the Apollon Gallery, in the Louvre Museum, Paris, France. Besides the sumptuous decoration of the room itself, the gallery's main attractions are the remaining pieces of the French Crown Jewels. On October 19, 2025, the 'Heist of the Century' took place in this very room. A team of experienced thieves cleaned out two of its display cases and stole eight pieces of jewellery of inestimable heritage value. Photo by Jarry Tripelon/Only Paris/ABACAPRESS.COM

E

Robbery at the Louvre Museum - French Crown Jewels - Paris

File photo taken on October 22, 2023 shows visitors inside the Apollon Gallery, in the Louvre Museum, Paris, France. Besides the sumptuous decoration of the room itself, the gallery's main attractions are the remaining pieces of the French Crown Jewels. On October 19, 2025, the 'Heist of the Century' took place in this very room. A team of experienced thieves cleaned out two of its display cases and stole eight pieces of jewellery of inestimable heritage value. Photo by Jarry Tripelon/Only Paris/ABACAPRESS.COM

E

Verdict for the trial for illegal campaign financing from Libya - Paris

Nicolas Sarkozy wife Carla Bruni and Louis Sarkozy, son of former French president, walk at the courthouse before the verdict in the trial of former French president Nicolas Sarkozy for illegal campaign financing from Libya for his successful 2007 presidential bid, at the Tribunal de Paris courthouse in Paris, on September 25, 2025. A Paris court is to issue its verdict on September 25, 2025 in the trial of former French president Nicolas Sarkozy and 11 co-defendants on charges of accepting illegal campaign financing from late Libyan dictator Moamer Kadhafi, with prosecutors demanding a seven-year prison sentence. The ruling is the latest in a string of legal hurdles for the right-wing ex-leader, 70, who denies the charges. Sarkozy, who was president from 2007 to 2012, has already been convicted in two separate cases and stripped of France's highest honour. Photo by Raphael Lafargue/ABACAPRESS.COM

E

Verdict for the trial for illegal campaign financing from Libya - Paris

Nicolas Sarkozy wife Carla Bruni and Louis Sarkozy, son of former French president, walk at the courthouse before the verdict in the trial of former French president Nicolas Sarkozy for illegal campaign financing from Libya for his successful 2007 presidential bid, at the Tribunal de Paris courthouse in Paris, on September 25, 2025. A Paris court is to issue its verdict on September 25, 2025 in the trial of former French president Nicolas Sarkozy and 11 co-defendants on charges of accepting illegal campaign financing from late Libyan dictator Moamer Kadhafi, with prosecutors demanding a seven-year prison sentence. The ruling is the latest in a string of legal hurdles for the right-wing ex-leader, 70, who denies the charges. Sarkozy, who was president from 2007 to 2012, has already been convicted in two separate cases and stripped of France's highest honour. Photo by Raphael Lafargue/ABACAPRESS.COM

E

Verdict for the trial for illegal campaign financing from Libya - Paris

Nicolas Sarkozy wife Carla Bruni and Louis Sarkozy, son of former French president, walk at the courthouse before the verdict in the trial of former French president Nicolas Sarkozy for illegal campaign financing from Libya for his successful 2007 presidential bid, at the Tribunal de Paris courthouse in Paris, on September 25, 2025. A Paris court is to issue its verdict on September 25, 2025 in the trial of former French president Nicolas Sarkozy and 11 co-defendants on charges of accepting illegal campaign financing from late Libyan dictator Moamer Kadhafi, with prosecutors demanding a seven-year prison sentence. The ruling is the latest in a string of legal hurdles for the right-wing ex-leader, 70, who denies the charges. Sarkozy, who was president from 2007 to 2012, has already been convicted in two separate cases and stripped of France's highest honour. Photo by Raphael Lafargue/ABACAPRESS.COM

E

Verdict for the trial for illegal campaign financing from Libya - Paris

Jean Sarkozy arrives for the verdict in the trial of former French president Nicolas Sarkozy for illegal campaign financing from Libya for his successful 2007 presidential bid, at the Tribunal de Paris courthouse in Paris, on September 25, 2025. A Paris court is to issue its verdict on September 25, 2025 in the trial of former French president Nicolas Sarkozy on charges of accepting illegal campaign financing from late Libyan dictator Moamer Kadhafi, with prosecutors demanding a seven-year prison sentence. The ruling is the latest in a string of legal hurdles for the right-wing ex-leader, 70, who denies the charges. Sarkozy, who was president from 2007 to 2012, has already been convicted in two separate cases and stripped of France's highest honour. Photo by Raphael Lafargue/ABACAPRESS.COM

E

Verdict for the trial for illegal campaign financing from Libya - Paris

Alexandre Djouhri arrives for the verdict in his trial for illegal campaign financing from Libya for his successful 2007 presidential bid, at the Tribunal de Paris courthouse in Paris, on September 25, 2025. A Paris court is to issue its verdict on September 25, 2025 in the trial of former French president Nicolas Sarkozy and 11 co-defendants on charges of accepting illegal campaign financing from late Libyan dictator Moamer Kadhafi, with prosecutors demanding a seven-year prison sentence. The ruling is the latest in a string of legal hurdles for the right-wing ex-leader, 70, who denies the charges. Sarkozy, who was president from 2007 to 2012, has already been convicted in two separate cases and stripped of France's highest honour. Photo by Raphael Lafargue/ABACAPRESS.COM

E

Verdict for the trial for illegal campaign financing from Libya - Paris

Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy with his wife Carla Bruni arrives for the verdict in his trial for illegal campaign financing from Libya for his successful 2007 presidential bid, at the Tribunal de Paris courthouse in Paris, on September 25, 2025. A Paris court is to issue its verdict on September 25, 2025 in the trial of former French president Nicolas Sarkozy and 11 co-defendants on charges of accepting illegal campaign financing from late Libyan dictator Moamer Kadhafi, with prosecutors demanding a seven-year prison sentence. The ruling is the latest in a string of legal hurdles for the right-wing ex-leader, 70, who denies the charges. Sarkozy, who was president from 2007 to 2012, has already been convicted in two separate cases and stripped of France's highest honour. Photo by Raphael Lafargue/ABACAPRESS.COM

E

Verdict for the trial for illegal campaign financing from Libya - Paris

Alexandre Djouhri arrives for the verdict in his trial for illegal campaign financing from Libya for his successful 2007 presidential bid, at the Tribunal de Paris courthouse in Paris, on September 25, 2025. A Paris court is to issue its verdict on September 25, 2025 in the trial of former French president Nicolas Sarkozy and 11 co-defendants on charges of accepting illegal campaign financing from late Libyan dictator Moamer Kadhafi, with prosecutors demanding a seven-year prison sentence. The ruling is the latest in a string of legal hurdles for the right-wing ex-leader, 70, who denies the charges. Sarkozy, who was president from 2007 to 2012, has already been convicted in two separate cases and stripped of France's highest honour. Photo by Raphael Lafargue/ABACAPRESS.COM

E

Verdict for the trial for illegal campaign financing from Libya - Paris

Nicolas Sarkozy wife Carla Bruni and Louis Sarkozy, son of former French president, walk at the courthouse before the verdict in the trial of former French president Nicolas Sarkozy for illegal campaign financing from Libya for his successful 2007 presidential bid, at the Tribunal de Paris courthouse in Paris, on September 25, 2025. A Paris court is to issue its verdict on September 25, 2025 in the trial of former French president Nicolas Sarkozy and 11 co-defendants on charges of accepting illegal campaign financing from late Libyan dictator Moamer Kadhafi, with prosecutors demanding a seven-year prison sentence. The ruling is the latest in a string of legal hurdles for the right-wing ex-leader, 70, who denies the charges. Sarkozy, who was president from 2007 to 2012, has already been convicted in two separate cases and stripped of France's highest honour. Photo by Raphael Lafargue/ABACAPRESS.COM

E

Verdict for the trial for illegal campaign financing from Libya - Paris

Nicolas Sarkozy wife Carla Bruni and Louis Sarkozy, son of former French president, walk at the courthouse before the verdict in the trial of former French president Nicolas Sarkozy for illegal campaign financing from Libya for his successful 2007 presidential bid, at the Tribunal de Paris courthouse in Paris, on September 25, 2025. A Paris court is to issue its verdict on September 25, 2025 in the trial of former French president Nicolas Sarkozy and 11 co-defendants on charges of accepting illegal campaign financing from late Libyan dictator Moamer Kadhafi, with prosecutors demanding a seven-year prison sentence. The ruling is the latest in a string of legal hurdles for the right-wing ex-leader, 70, who denies the charges. Sarkozy, who was president from 2007 to 2012, has already been convicted in two separate cases and stripped of France's highest honour. Photo by Raphael Lafargue/ABACAPRESS.COM

E

Verdict for the trial for illegal campaign financing from Libya - Paris

Nicolas Sarkozy wife Carla Bruni and Louis Sarkozy, son of former French president, walk at the courthouse before the verdict in the trial of former French president Nicolas Sarkozy for illegal campaign financing from Libya for his successful 2007 presidential bid, at the Tribunal de Paris courthouse in Paris, on September 25, 2025. A Paris court is to issue its verdict on September 25, 2025 in the trial of former French president Nicolas Sarkozy and 11 co-defendants on charges of accepting illegal campaign financing from late Libyan dictator Moamer Kadhafi, with prosecutors demanding a seven-year prison sentence. The ruling is the latest in a string of legal hurdles for the right-wing ex-leader, 70, who denies the charges. Sarkozy, who was president from 2007 to 2012, has already been convicted in two separate cases and stripped of France's highest honour. Photo by Raphael Lafargue/ABACAPRESS.COM

E

Verdict for the trial for illegal campaign financing from Libya - Paris

Alexandre Djouhri arrives for the verdict in his trial for illegal campaign financing from Libya for his successful 2007 presidential bid, at the Tribunal de Paris courthouse in Paris, on September 25, 2025. A Paris court is to issue its verdict on September 25, 2025 in the trial of former French president Nicolas Sarkozy and 11 co-defendants on charges of accepting illegal campaign financing from late Libyan dictator Moamer Kadhafi, with prosecutors demanding a seven-year prison sentence. The ruling is the latest in a string of legal hurdles for the right-wing ex-leader, 70, who denies the charges. Sarkozy, who was president from 2007 to 2012, has already been convicted in two separate cases and stripped of France's highest honour. Photo by Raphael Lafargue/ABACAPRESS.COM

E

Verdict for the trial for illegal campaign financing from Libya - Paris

Nicolas Sarkozy wife Carla Bruni and Louis Sarkozy, son of former French president, walk at the courthouse before the verdict in the trial of former French president Nicolas Sarkozy for illegal campaign financing from Libya for his successful 2007 presidential bid, at the Tribunal de Paris courthouse in Paris, on September 25, 2025. A Paris court is to issue its verdict on September 25, 2025 in the trial of former French president Nicolas Sarkozy and 11 co-defendants on charges of accepting illegal campaign financing from late Libyan dictator Moamer Kadhafi, with prosecutors demanding a seven-year prison sentence. The ruling is the latest in a string of legal hurdles for the right-wing ex-leader, 70, who denies the charges. Sarkozy, who was president from 2007 to 2012, has already been convicted in two separate cases and stripped of France's highest honour. Photo by Raphael Lafargue/ABACAPRESS.COM

E

Verdict for the trial for illegal campaign financing from Libya - Paris

Claude Gueant, defendant, former French presidency general secretary and former Interior minister, arrives for the verdict in the trial of former French president Nicolas Sarkozy for illegal campaign financing from Libya for his successful 2007 presidential bid, at the Tribunal de Paris courthouse in Paris, on September 25, 2025. A Paris court is to issue its verdict on September 25, 2025 in the trial of former French president Nicolas Sarkozy and 11 co-defendants on charges of accepting illegal campaign financing from late Libyan dictator Moamer Kadhafi, with prosecutors demanding a seven-year prison sentence. The ruling is the latest in a string of legal hurdles for the right-wing ex-leader, 70, who denies the charges. Sarkozy, who was president from 2007 to 2012, has already been convicted in two separate cases and stripped of France's highest honour. Photo by Raphael Lafargue/ABACAPRESS.COM

E

Verdict for the trial for illegal campaign financing from Libya - Paris

Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy with his wife Carla Bruni arrives for the verdict in his trial for illegal campaign financing from Libya for his successful 2007 presidential bid, at the Tribunal de Paris courthouse in Paris, on September 25, 2025. A Paris court is to issue its verdict on September 25, 2025 in the trial of former French president Nicolas Sarkozy and 11 co-defendants on charges of accepting illegal campaign financing from late Libyan dictator Moamer Kadhafi, with prosecutors demanding a seven-year prison sentence. The ruling is the latest in a string of legal hurdles for the right-wing ex-leader, 70, who denies the charges. Sarkozy, who was president from 2007 to 2012, has already been convicted in two separate cases and stripped of France's highest honour. Photo by Raphael Lafargue/ABACAPRESS.COM

E

Verdict for the trial for illegal campaign financing from Libya - Paris

Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy with his wife Carla Bruni arrives for the verdict in his trial for illegal campaign financing from Libya for his successful 2007 presidential bid, at the Tribunal de Paris courthouse in Paris, on September 25, 2025. A Paris court is to issue its verdict on September 25, 2025 in the trial of former French president Nicolas Sarkozy and 11 co-defendants on charges of accepting illegal campaign financing from late Libyan dictator Moamer Kadhafi, with prosecutors demanding a seven-year prison sentence. The ruling is the latest in a string of legal hurdles for the right-wing ex-leader, 70, who denies the charges. Sarkozy, who was president from 2007 to 2012, has already been convicted in two separate cases and stripped of France's highest honour. Photo by Raphael Lafargue/ABACAPRESS.COM

E

Verdict for the trial for illegal campaign financing from Libya - Paris

Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy with his wife Carla Bruni arrives for the verdict in his trial for illegal campaign financing from Libya for his successful 2007 presidential bid, at the Tribunal de Paris courthouse in Paris, on September 25, 2025. A Paris court is to issue its verdict on September 25, 2025 in the trial of former French president Nicolas Sarkozy and 11 co-defendants on charges of accepting illegal campaign financing from late Libyan dictator Moamer Kadhafi, with prosecutors demanding a seven-year prison sentence. The ruling is the latest in a string of legal hurdles for the right-wing ex-leader, 70, who denies the charges. Sarkozy, who was president from 2007 to 2012, has already been convicted in two separate cases and stripped of France's highest honour. Photo by Raphael Lafargue/ABACAPRESS.COM

E

Verdict for the trial for illegal campaign financing from Libya - Paris

Jean Sarkozy arrives for the verdict in the trial of former French president Nicolas Sarkozy for illegal campaign financing from Libya for his successful 2007 presidential bid, at the Tribunal de Paris courthouse in Paris, on September 25, 2025. A Paris court is to issue its verdict on September 25, 2025 in the trial of former French president Nicolas Sarkozy on charges of accepting illegal campaign financing from late Libyan dictator Moamer Kadhafi, with prosecutors demanding a seven-year prison sentence. The ruling is the latest in a string of legal hurdles for the right-wing ex-leader, 70, who denies the charges. Sarkozy, who was president from 2007 to 2012, has already been convicted in two separate cases and stripped of France's highest honour. Photo by Raphael Lafargue/ABACAPRESS.COM

E

Verdict for the trial for illegal campaign financing from Libya - Paris

Claude Gueant, defendant, former French presidency general secretary and former Interior minister, arrives for the verdict in the trial of former French president Nicolas Sarkozy for illegal campaign financing from Libya for his successful 2007 presidential bid, at the Tribunal de Paris courthouse in Paris, on September 25, 2025. A Paris court is to issue its verdict on September 25, 2025 in the trial of former French president Nicolas Sarkozy and 11 co-defendants on charges of accepting illegal campaign financing from late Libyan dictator Moamer Kadhafi, with prosecutors demanding a seven-year prison sentence. The ruling is the latest in a string of legal hurdles for the right-wing ex-leader, 70, who denies the charges. Sarkozy, who was president from 2007 to 2012, has already been convicted in two separate cases and stripped of France's highest honour. Photo by Raphael Lafargue/ABACAPRESS.COM

E

Verdict for the trial for illegal campaign financing from Libya - Paris

Nicolas Sarkozy wife Carla Bruni and Louis Sarkozy, son of former French president, walk at the courthouse before the verdict in the trial of former French president Nicolas Sarkozy for illegal campaign financing from Libya for his successful 2007 presidential bid, at the Tribunal de Paris courthouse in Paris, on September 25, 2025. A Paris court is to issue its verdict on September 25, 2025 in the trial of former French president Nicolas Sarkozy and 11 co-defendants on charges of accepting illegal campaign financing from late Libyan dictator Moamer Kadhafi, with prosecutors demanding a seven-year prison sentence. The ruling is the latest in a string of legal hurdles for the right-wing ex-leader, 70, who denies the charges. Sarkozy, who was president from 2007 to 2012, has already been convicted in two separate cases and stripped of France's highest honour. Photo by Raphael Lafargue/ABACAPRESS.COM

E

Verdict for the trial for illegal campaign financing from Libya - Paris

Claude Gueant, defendant, former French presidency general secretary and former Interior minister, arrives for the verdict in the trial of former French president Nicolas Sarkozy for illegal campaign financing from Libya for his successful 2007 presidential bid, at the Tribunal de Paris courthouse in Paris, on September 25, 2025. A Paris court is to issue its verdict on September 25, 2025 in the trial of former French president Nicolas Sarkozy and 11 co-defendants on charges of accepting illegal campaign financing from late Libyan dictator Moamer Kadhafi, with prosecutors demanding a seven-year prison sentence. The ruling is the latest in a string of legal hurdles for the right-wing ex-leader, 70, who denies the charges. Sarkozy, who was president from 2007 to 2012, has already been convicted in two separate cases and stripped of France's highest honour. Photo by Raphael Lafargue/ABACAPRESS.COM

E

Verdict for the trial for illegal campaign financing from Libya - Paris

Nicolas Sarkozy wife Carla Bruni and Louis Sarkozy, son of former French president, walk at the courthouse before the verdict in the trial of former French president Nicolas Sarkozy for illegal campaign financing from Libya for his successful 2007 presidential bid, at the Tribunal de Paris courthouse in Paris, on September 25, 2025. A Paris court is to issue its verdict on September 25, 2025 in the trial of former French president Nicolas Sarkozy and 11 co-defendants on charges of accepting illegal campaign financing from late Libyan dictator Moamer Kadhafi, with prosecutors demanding a seven-year prison sentence. The ruling is the latest in a string of legal hurdles for the right-wing ex-leader, 70, who denies the charges. Sarkozy, who was president from 2007 to 2012, has already been convicted in two separate cases and stripped of France's highest honour. Photo by Raphael Lafargue/ABACAPRESS.COM

E

Verdict for the trial for illegal campaign financing from Libya - Paris

Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy with his wife Carla Bruni arrives for the verdict in his trial for illegal campaign financing from Libya for his successful 2007 presidential bid, at the Tribunal de Paris courthouse in Paris, on September 25, 2025. A Paris court is to issue its verdict on September 25, 2025 in the trial of former French president Nicolas Sarkozy and 11 co-defendants on charges of accepting illegal campaign financing from late Libyan dictator Moamer Kadhafi, with prosecutors demanding a seven-year prison sentence. The ruling is the latest in a string of legal hurdles for the right-wing ex-leader, 70, who denies the charges. Sarkozy, who was president from 2007 to 2012, has already been convicted in two separate cases and stripped of France's highest honour. Photo by Raphael Lafargue/ABACAPRESS.COM

E

Verdict for the trial for illegal campaign financing from Libya - Paris

Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy with his wife Carla Bruni arrives for the verdict in his trial for illegal campaign financing from Libya for his successful 2007 presidential bid, at the Tribunal de Paris courthouse in Paris, on September 25, 2025. A Paris court is to issue its verdict on September 25, 2025 in the trial of former French president Nicolas Sarkozy and 11 co-defendants on charges of accepting illegal campaign financing from late Libyan dictator Moamer Kadhafi, with prosecutors demanding a seven-year prison sentence. The ruling is the latest in a string of legal hurdles for the right-wing ex-leader, 70, who denies the charges. Sarkozy, who was president from 2007 to 2012, has already been convicted in two separate cases and stripped of France's highest honour. Photo by Raphael Lafargue/ABACAPRESS.COM

E

Verdict for the trial for illegal campaign financing from Libya - Paris

Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy with his wife Carla Bruni arrives for the verdict in his trial for illegal campaign financing from Libya for his successful 2007 presidential bid, at the Tribunal de Paris courthouse in Paris, on September 25, 2025. A Paris court is to issue its verdict on September 25, 2025 in the trial of former French president Nicolas Sarkozy and 11 co-defendants on charges of accepting illegal campaign financing from late Libyan dictator Moamer Kadhafi, with prosecutors demanding a seven-year prison sentence. The ruling is the latest in a string of legal hurdles for the right-wing ex-leader, 70, who denies the charges. Sarkozy, who was president from 2007 to 2012, has already been convicted in two separate cases and stripped of France's highest honour. Photo by Raphael Lafargue/ABACAPRESS.COM

E

Verdict for the trial for illegal campaign financing from Libya - Paris

Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy with his wife Carla Bruni arrives for the verdict in his trial for illegal campaign financing from Libya for his successful 2007 presidential bid, at the Tribunal de Paris courthouse in Paris, on September 25, 2025. A Paris court is to issue its verdict on September 25, 2025 in the trial of former French president Nicolas Sarkozy and 11 co-defendants on charges of accepting illegal campaign financing from late Libyan dictator Moamer Kadhafi, with prosecutors demanding a seven-year prison sentence. The ruling is the latest in a string of legal hurdles for the right-wing ex-leader, 70, who denies the charges. Sarkozy, who was president from 2007 to 2012, has already been convicted in two separate cases and stripped of France's highest honour. Photo by Raphael Lafargue/ABACAPRESS.COM

E

Verdict for the trial for illegal campaign financing from Libya - Paris

Jean Sarkozy arrives for the verdict in the trial of former French president Nicolas Sarkozy for illegal campaign financing from Libya for his successful 2007 presidential bid, at the Tribunal de Paris courthouse in Paris, on September 25, 2025. A Paris court is to issue its verdict on September 25, 2025 in the trial of former French president Nicolas Sarkozy on charges of accepting illegal campaign financing from late Libyan dictator Moamer Kadhafi, with prosecutors demanding a seven-year prison sentence. The ruling is the latest in a string of legal hurdles for the right-wing ex-leader, 70, who denies the charges. Sarkozy, who was president from 2007 to 2012, has already been convicted in two separate cases and stripped of France's highest honour. Photo by Raphael Lafargue/ABACAPRESS.COM

E

Verdict for the trial for illegal campaign financing from Libya - Paris

Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy with his wife Carla Bruni arrives for the verdict in his trial for illegal campaign financing from Libya for his successful 2007 presidential bid, at the Tribunal de Paris courthouse in Paris, on September 25, 2025. A Paris court is to issue its verdict on September 25, 2025 in the trial of former French president Nicolas Sarkozy and 11 co-defendants on charges of accepting illegal campaign financing from late Libyan dictator Moamer Kadhafi, with prosecutors demanding a seven-year prison sentence. The ruling is the latest in a string of legal hurdles for the right-wing ex-leader, 70, who denies the charges. Sarkozy, who was president from 2007 to 2012, has already been convicted in two separate cases and stripped of France's highest honour. Photo by Raphael Lafargue/ABACAPRESS.COM

E

Verdict for the trial for illegal campaign financing from Libya - Paris

Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy with his wife Carla Bruni arrives for the verdict in his trial for illegal campaign financing from Libya for his successful 2007 presidential bid, at the Tribunal de Paris courthouse in Paris, on September 25, 2025. A Paris court is to issue its verdict on September 25, 2025 in the trial of former French president Nicolas Sarkozy and 11 co-defendants on charges of accepting illegal campaign financing from late Libyan dictator Moamer Kadhafi, with prosecutors demanding a seven-year prison sentence. The ruling is the latest in a string of legal hurdles for the right-wing ex-leader, 70, who denies the charges. Sarkozy, who was president from 2007 to 2012, has already been convicted in two separate cases and stripped of France's highest honour. Photo by Raphael Lafargue/ABACAPRESS.COM

E

Verdict for the trial for illegal campaign financing from Libya - Paris

Nicolas Sarkozy wife Carla Bruni and Louis Sarkozy, son of former French president, walk at the courthouse before the verdict in the trial of former French president Nicolas Sarkozy for illegal campaign financing from Libya for his successful 2007 presidential bid, at the Tribunal de Paris courthouse in Paris, on September 25, 2025. A Paris court is to issue its verdict on September 25, 2025 in the trial of former French president Nicolas Sarkozy and 11 co-defendants on charges of accepting illegal campaign financing from late Libyan dictator Moamer Kadhafi, with prosecutors demanding a seven-year prison sentence. The ruling is the latest in a string of legal hurdles for the right-wing ex-leader, 70, who denies the charges. Sarkozy, who was president from 2007 to 2012, has already been convicted in two separate cases and stripped of France's highest honour. Photo by Raphael Lafargue/ABACAPRESS.COM

E

Verdict for the trial for illegal campaign financing from Libya - Paris

Claude Gueant, defendant, former French presidency general secretary and former Interior minister, arrives for the verdict in the trial of former French president Nicolas Sarkozy for illegal campaign financing from Libya for his successful 2007 presidential bid, at the Tribunal de Paris courthouse in Paris, on September 25, 2025. A Paris court is to issue its verdict on September 25, 2025 in the trial of former French president Nicolas Sarkozy and 11 co-defendants on charges of accepting illegal campaign financing from late Libyan dictator Moamer Kadhafi, with prosecutors demanding a seven-year prison sentence. The ruling is the latest in a string of legal hurdles for the right-wing ex-leader, 70, who denies the charges. Sarkozy, who was president from 2007 to 2012, has already been convicted in two separate cases and stripped of France's highest honour. Photo by Raphael Lafargue/ABACAPRESS.COM

E

Verdict for the trial for illegal campaign financing from Libya - Paris

Claude Gueant, defendant, former French presidency general secretary and former Interior minister, arrives for the verdict in the trial of former French president Nicolas Sarkozy for illegal campaign financing from Libya for his successful 2007 presidential bid, at the Tribunal de Paris courthouse in Paris, on September 25, 2025. A Paris court is to issue its verdict on September 25, 2025 in the trial of former French president Nicolas Sarkozy and 11 co-defendants on charges of accepting illegal campaign financing from late Libyan dictator Moamer Kadhafi, with prosecutors demanding a seven-year prison sentence. The ruling is the latest in a string of legal hurdles for the right-wing ex-leader, 70, who denies the charges. Sarkozy, who was president from 2007 to 2012, has already been convicted in two separate cases and stripped of France's highest honour. Photo by Raphael Lafargue/ABACAPRESS.COM

E

Verdict for the trial for illegal campaign financing from Libya - Paris

Claude Gueant, defendant, former French presidency general secretary and former Interior minister, arrives for the verdict in the trial of former French president Nicolas Sarkozy for illegal campaign financing from Libya for his successful 2007 presidential bid, at the Tribunal de Paris courthouse in Paris, on September 25, 2025. A Paris court is to issue its verdict on September 25, 2025 in the trial of former French president Nicolas Sarkozy and 11 co-defendants on charges of accepting illegal campaign financing from late Libyan dictator Moamer Kadhafi, with prosecutors demanding a seven-year prison sentence. The ruling is the latest in a string of legal hurdles for the right-wing ex-leader, 70, who denies the charges. Sarkozy, who was president from 2007 to 2012, has already been convicted in two separate cases and stripped of France's highest honour. Photo by Raphael Lafargue/ABACAPRESS.COM

E

Verdict for the trial for illegal campaign financing from Libya - Paris

Claude Gueant, defendant, former French presidency general secretary and former Interior minister, arrives for the verdict in the trial of former French president Nicolas Sarkozy for illegal campaign financing from Libya for his successful 2007 presidential bid, at the Tribunal de Paris courthouse in Paris, on September 25, 2025. A Paris court is to issue its verdict on September 25, 2025 in the trial of former French president Nicolas Sarkozy and 11 co-defendants on charges of accepting illegal campaign financing from late Libyan dictator Moamer Kadhafi, with prosecutors demanding a seven-year prison sentence. The ruling is the latest in a string of legal hurdles for the right-wing ex-leader, 70, who denies the charges. Sarkozy, who was president from 2007 to 2012, has already been convicted in two separate cases and stripped of France's highest honour. Photo by Raphael Lafargue/ABACAPRESS.COM

E

Verdict for the trial for illegal campaign financing from Libya - Paris

Claude Gueant, defendant, former French presidency general secretary and former Interior minister, arrives for the verdict in the trial of former French president Nicolas Sarkozy for illegal campaign financing from Libya for his successful 2007 presidential bid, at the Tribunal de Paris courthouse in Paris, on September 25, 2025. A Paris court is to issue its verdict on September 25, 2025 in the trial of former French president Nicolas Sarkozy and 11 co-defendants on charges of accepting illegal campaign financing from late Libyan dictator Moamer Kadhafi, with prosecutors demanding a seven-year prison sentence. The ruling is the latest in a string of legal hurdles for the right-wing ex-leader, 70, who denies the charges. Sarkozy, who was president from 2007 to 2012, has already been convicted in two separate cases and stripped of France's highest honour. Photo by Raphael Lafargue/ABACAPRESS.COM

E

Verdict for the trial for illegal campaign financing from Libya - Paris

Claude Gueant, defendant, former French presidency general secretary and former Interior minister, arrives for the verdict in the trial of former French president Nicolas Sarkozy for illegal campaign financing from Libya for his successful 2007 presidential bid, at the Tribunal de Paris courthouse in Paris, on September 25, 2025. A Paris court is to issue its verdict on September 25, 2025 in the trial of former French president Nicolas Sarkozy and 11 co-defendants on charges of accepting illegal campaign financing from late Libyan dictator Moamer Kadhafi, with prosecutors demanding a seven-year prison sentence. The ruling is the latest in a string of legal hurdles for the right-wing ex-leader, 70, who denies the charges. Sarkozy, who was president from 2007 to 2012, has already been convicted in two separate cases and stripped of France's highest honour. Photo by Raphael Lafargue/ABACAPRESS.COM

E

Verdict for the trial for illegal campaign financing from Libya - Paris

Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy with his wife Carla Bruni arrives for the verdict in his trial for illegal campaign financing from Libya for his successful 2007 presidential bid, at the Tribunal de Paris courthouse in Paris, on September 25, 2025. A Paris court is to issue its verdict on September 25, 2025 in the trial of former French president Nicolas Sarkozy and 11 co-defendants on charges of accepting illegal campaign financing from late Libyan dictator Moamer Kadhafi, with prosecutors demanding a seven-year prison sentence. The ruling is the latest in a string of legal hurdles for the right-wing ex-leader, 70, who denies the charges. Sarkozy, who was president from 2007 to 2012, has already been convicted in two separate cases and stripped of France's highest honour. Photo by Raphael Lafargue/ABACAPRESS.COM

E

Verdict for the trial for illegal campaign financing from Libya - Paris

Claude Gueant, defendant, former French presidency general secretary and former Interior minister, arrives for the verdict in the trial of former French president Nicolas Sarkozy for illegal campaign financing from Libya for his successful 2007 presidential bid, at the Tribunal de Paris courthouse in Paris, on September 25, 2025. A Paris court is to issue its verdict on September 25, 2025 in the trial of former French president Nicolas Sarkozy and 11 co-defendants on charges of accepting illegal campaign financing from late Libyan dictator Moamer Kadhafi, with prosecutors demanding a seven-year prison sentence. The ruling is the latest in a string of legal hurdles for the right-wing ex-leader, 70, who denies the charges. Sarkozy, who was president from 2007 to 2012, has already been convicted in two separate cases and stripped of France's highest honour. Photo by Raphael Lafargue/ABACAPRESS.COM