<sod >Earlier this month, the 63-year-oldÃÂ was taken into police custody over claims he received millions in euros in illegal election financing from the regime of the late Libyan dictator, Muammar Gaddafi.< eod>< sod > Earlier this month, the former French president was taken into police custody over claims he received millions in euros in illegal election financing from the regime of the late Libyan dictator, Muammar Gaddafi.< eod>