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Franco-Lebanese businessman Ziad Takieddine speaks on the phone as he arrives at the Finance department of the Paris courthouse, on December 7, 2016, for a hearing after he admitted on November 15, 2016 delivering cash-stuffed suitcases from the Libyan leader to French former President Nicolas Sarkozy. Nicolas Sarkozy's links with the late Moamer Kadhafi came under fresh scrutiny on November 15, 2016 after Ziad Takieddine admitted delivering three cash-stuffed suitcases from the Libyan leader toward the Frenchman's first presidential bid. In an interview with the Mediapart investigative news site, Takieddine said he had made three trips from Tripoli to Paris in late 2006 and early 2007 with cash for Sarkozy's campaign. / AFP / JACQUES DEMARTHON (Photo credit should read JACQUES DEMARTHON/AFP/Getty Images)

Franco-Lebanese businessman Ziad Takieddine speaks on the phone as he arrives at the Finance department of the Paris courthouse, on December 7, 2016, for a hearing after he admitted on November 15, 2016 delivering cash-stuffed suitcases from the Libyan leader to French former President Nicolas Sarkozy. Nicolas Sarkozy's links with the late Moamer Kadhafi came under fresh scrutiny on November 15, 2016 after Ziad Takieddine admitted delivering three cash-stuffed suitcases from the Libyan leader toward the Frenchman's first presidential bid. In an interview with the Mediapart investigative news site, Takieddine said he had made three trips from Tripoli to Paris in late 2006 and early 2007 with cash for Sarkozy's campaign. / AFP / JACQUES DEMARTHON (Photo credit should read JACQUES DEMARTHON/AFP/Getty Images)
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