Scotland Yard officers in Spain as search for Maddy crosses the border

My friends, this was taken from Sky News:

http://news.sky.com/home/uk-news/article/16124096

My friends, this was taken from The Myths:

http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-24017941-yard-officers-in-spain-as-search-for-maddy-crosses-the-border.do

Here you go Pedro

Madeleine McCann: Yard Cops Fly To Spain


Madeleine McCann, pictured in Portugal just a day before she disappeared

2:34pm UK, Monday December 05, 2011

Scotland Yard detectives have spent time in Spain as part of their re-examination of the disappearance of Madeleine McCann in Portugal.
The Metropolitan Police joined the hunt for the missing girl, who vanished in 2007, following a request by Home Secretary Theresa May made with the backing of Prime Minister David Cameron.

The force has now revealed that detectives working on the case flew to Spain as part of their review and spent three days with police in Barcelona.



Kate and Gerry McCann arriving at the Leveson inquiry last month

Officers working on the case also travelled to Portugal three times as they continue to hunt for leads.

The Met has vowed there will be no limits in its re-examination of how Madeleine disappeared from a holiday flat in Praia da Luz in the Algarve.

A huge hunt was launched after she went missing on May 3, 2007 while her parents Kate and Gerry dined with friends nearby but she has never been found.

Her frustrated parents, both doctors who live in Rothley, Leicestershire, have battled to retain the case's high-profile.

Mrs McCann wrote on the Find Madeleine website at the end of October: "It is a big relief to us that our Government finally agreed for a review to take place.

"We are grateful to them and to the Metropolitan Police Service for undertaking this fundamental and highly valuable procedure which has been underway now for several months.

"Although it will be a lengthy and difficult process, it is definitely a major step forward for Madeleine."



Madeleine McCann was snatched from an apartment in Praia da Luz

Detectives refused to reveal what led them to Barcelona between November 23 and 25, but a Scotland Yard spokesman said: "The review continues.

"There has been very good co-operation with Portuguese authorities and liaison will continue. We are not prepared to discuss specific details of these visits nor speculate about any future deployments to Portugal or elsewhere."

Detective Chief Inspector Andy Redwood, the senior investigating officer, is understood to have been among a team of detectives who went on the trips.

Sky's crime correspondent Martin Brunt says police are not believed to have made a breakthrough and are still doing the groundwork of liaising with foreign officers.

A total of 30 people are now working on the force's Operation Grange.

The review prompted criticism when it was launched in May, with politicians expressing concerns that it would divert resources from other crime victims.

Portuguese detectives, helped by officers from Leicestershire Police, carried out a massive investigation into Madeleine's disappearance.

But the official inquiry was formally shelved in July 2008, after which no police force was actively looking for her.

Thank you christabel.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2011/dec/05/madeleine-mccann-police-case-spain?newsfeed=true

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2070187/Detectives-travel-Spain-hunt-Madeleine-McCann.html

http://www.tvi24.iol.pt/sociedade/maddie-scotland-yard-rapto-pgr-pj-tvi24/1305463-4071.html

http://www.cmjornal.xl.pt/detalhe/noticias/nacional/portugal/maddie-policia-investiga-em-barcelona

I saw Martin Brunt on Skynews and he suggested that the police are not giving anything away about what they are doing.

And that is as it should be. He then went onto speculate that it was all ground work.

I for one am glad that the investigation is being thorough.

dianeh, your words are mine, I agree with you.

My friends, this was taken from JATYK:

http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/288125/Madeleine-McCann-Police-say-we-re-making-progress-

You remember "Butch Cassidy and Sundance Kid" and the Pinkerton detectives who hounded them doggedly? And Butch´s famous line "Who ARE those guys?"......this is how I like to think of our team! Go guys!

Leaving no stone unturned comes to mind!. Whilst I don't doubt there is lots of activity going on behind the scenes, these kind of updates are so uplifting. Lets hope we hear more in the coming months.

I agree with you Tinkerbell.

My friends, I received this through google alert:

Attorney General's office out of new British investigations

http://www.tvi24.iol.pt/sociedade/maddie-pgr-scotland-yard-tvi24/1305736-4071.html

link with video

translation:

The British police are investigating the disappearance of Maddie McMann without help from the Portuguese authorities. This information was confirmed to TVI24 tby he Attorney General's Office.

Three investigators from Scotland Yard were between 23 and 25 November in Barcelona. followed tracks of British child who disappeared from an apartment in Praia da Luz in the Algarve in 2007.

The presence of investigators in Spain may indicate that the child has been brought to this country. But over here to Scotland Yard did not come into contact with national investigators.

"Scotland Yard had no contact with the Attorney General's Office on this issue. In the process there is no knowledge of the existence of new data / facts about the disappearance of Maddie.The process will only be reopened under the provisions of art. 279. Of the Code of Criminal Procedure, or if new elements that invalidate the basics of archiving, "says the PGR in a written response to the TVI24.

The case was filed by the Attorney General's Office (PGR). Pinto Monteiro secured about a year to reopen only if there is new data.

In May, the Scotland Yard reopened the case after the personal intervention of Prime Minister of the UK, David Cameron.

It is unknown whether British investigators have discovered a new fact that has passed along the Portuguese police.

In August this year, Scotland Yard confirmed to Lusa news agency that they appeared in Portugal to discussed the case with Portuguese investigators. At the time, the Judicial Police (PJ) and PGR told that they ignore this information

Pedro

To be clear, is this saying that the Portuguese authorities are not helping the British police?