Franco-Lebanese businessman Ziad Takieddine, a former prosecution witness against former French President Nicolas Sarkozy, was arrested following a notice issued by Interpol, a judicial source said on Friday (December 4th).
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The national security forces have placed Takieddine in detention, on the basis of an Interpol arrest warrant addressed to the public prosecutor because he is wanted by the French authorities for his involvement in a case of corruption and funding of the campaign
”of Sarkozy, specified this source.
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