00:00Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy has been found guilty of criminal conspiracy
00:05in a case involving over millions of euros allegedly taken from the late Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi.
00:13The Paris Criminal Court, however, cleared him of other charges, including passive corruption and illegal campaign financing.
00:21Prosecutors said Sarkozy used Gaddafi's funds to help finance his 2007 election campaign,
00:27promising in return to assist Gaddafi in improving his reputation with Western countries.
00:33Sarkozy served as France's President from 2007 to 2012.
00:39The 70-year-old has denied wrongdoing and called the case politically motivated.
