Friday 14 June 2013

BH's Little Big Horn?


On our last post we said that we thought that the “PdL BH Faction” was in the hot seat at the moment. This post will attempt to explain why we think that is so.

We have had the privilege of watching the ebbs and flows of one the most interesting “power-play” games in western civilization and all because a little girl was accidentally killed in a remote location in Portugal in May 2007.

Since the beginning of this year, 2013, we’ve tried in various posts to explain, in our opinion, what the Maddie Affair is all about and how we are where we are today.

We explained how the SY Review was initially to only go after the McCann couple and their friends, known as T7 without them or T9 with them.

But once it was quickly realized that it was an impossible objective to achieve, the Review went into a sort of limbo, not knowing how to justify its existence exactly.

We had the vague and ridiculous 195 new leads and the tentative trials in finding a scapegoat from time to time.

Meanwhile, the real players, Murdoch and Cameron were fighting the "Leveson war" as to who would control the Enablers who made the Maddie Affair the mess as big as it became: the Tabloid Press.

It seems that that particular fighting is over, having, in our opinion, Cameron has refocused his objectives after wisely understanding that time plays in Murdoch's.

Between the two, Murdoch holds now less power but will continue to have it while Cameron will lose his in the natural democratic passage of time

We believe that the 6-cleaner episode showed clearly to Cameron that the way the battle was being fought would cause casualties in the ranks which neither party was interested in inflicting.

It was a very successful move on the part of Murdoch. It not only stopped the opponent's offensive as it transformed him into an ally.

We also said that now was the time for Cameron to act, to make his move, under the penalty of seeing his name also mistreated by history when all pertaining Maddie McCann will be adequately analyzed  in the future.

The SY Review has become a huge embarrassment and the only way for that not to be so is for SY to “discover” the truth.

And so we believe that Cameron has indeed acted.

But before we proceed, let us recap who is in the game. We’ve spoken already of David Cameron and Rupert Murdoch, representing the UK Government and the Tabloids respectively. The only ones left to mention are the Guests.

The Guests is a very complex group.

Unlike the other two, it doesn’t have a representative leader. This has not only got to do with the fact that these people certainly don’t want any sort of attention on them as it’s quite heterogenic group.

This group was able, through pure nepotism, to get hundreds of people to actively participate in the cover-up. Their nepotism is real and is powerful.

But this means that we’re not only talking about those who were physically present in PdL but also all those in the UK who upon request helped set up the hoax.

The Guests are basically divided into three groups:

Group A, or the “BH PdL Faction”, is made up of those who hosted the event. They were/are resident or working in Praia da Luz and were not guests. Ocean Club management and staff as well as the “core-organization-team” made up ex-Pats of which Robert Murat is the most well known.

This group was the one that took the early decisions and is the one that is looked at as the one responsible for all this.

It was this group that in our opinion took care of the body until it was disposed of.

Group B is made up of the guests. All those who flew into Praia da Luz to participate in a swinging event that took place in the Ocean Club Resort.

This group was assured by Group A that all would be alright and that Maddie’s disappearance would be perfectly justified by having Maddie “abducted” and in that way guarantee that no sex-scandal would ever erupt.

Group C is made up of all those on the receiving end of the many phone-calls made by those of Groups A and B on the night from 3 to 4 May 2007.

Group C is made up of very powerful and very influential people in UK. So powerful and so influential that they were able to make not only the UK act according to their desire but make Portugal also do the same.

But we must note that their power and influence was when Tony Blair / Gordon Brown were in government.

Not saying they’ve stopped being powerful and influential, just stating that they might not be as much today, in Cameron’s era, as they were then.

These 3 groups aren't intended to be an exhaustive list but just to give an idea of the main players involved in the current “war games”.

For example, we haven’t mentioned the McCanns or any of the other T7. Although they were guests, they’ve had so many puppeteers that they now belong to no group, Guest, Government or Tabloid, but will receive orders from all.

Imagine that this was all a popular TV Game show. Two teams, on one side Government & Tabloids and on the other the Guests A, B & C. High on a platform, sitting in silence, the T9 with Kate and Gerry McCann on the front row.

If Team Government & Tabloid get its answers wrong then the McCanns and friends remain “dry” but if it’s Team Guests A, B & C that get it wrong then the floor beneath the T9 chairs will disappear from under them and they will fall… into a pool much to the pleasure and cheers of the TV live audience.

To the many "WHs" who advocated that the McCanns & friends had enough power to change the rotational direction of planet Earth, it seems inexplicable T9's absolute silence about everything lately.

Please don’t think that all of the T9 are as inactive about their fate as the McCanns. On the contrary, one of the most active and fascinating group is the “BH David Payne Faction”. But we’ll speak about them in a later date.

Back to the action and why the “BH PdL Faction” has many reasons to be worried.

First, because we believe that the train has definitely left the station.

But before you get your hopes up, we still have to see if it's headed for Dumbledore, Harry Potter’s school or for a more real station like King’s Cross.

To understand what we mean by this let’s recap what we think has happened in the last months.

The “6 cleaner” episode, was well within the war between Cameron vs Murdoch. But it happened to become, very much like our Last Call – All Aboard (or Not) post, a unwitting catalyst of new things to come.

In this case, it is, in our opinion, an unwitting “Last Call – All Aboard for the Final Chapter”.

You see, once decided that that eating each other up was of no use and detrimental to both, Cameron and Murdoch have turned the guns to the Guests.

To unravel what happened in PdL the Guests, all the 3 groups of them, have their roles exposed.

The main target is Group C, the powerful and influential. But they aren’t an easy target. If they were they would have already been eaten alive by now, and they haven’t. No, they’re not an easy prey and they will not fall without a fierce fight.

So the only way to get to them is through the most vulnerable of them, Group A or “BH PdL Faction”.

First, it’s because that’s where the proof of the collective lie is. Where everything we’ve shown in the blog can be easily demonstrated and all debunked.

Second, and most important, although Group B will be implicated, many will be able to escape unscathed as there will be too many names to remember, so if an adequate damage control is applied many who wanted to remain out of this mess will remain that way.

We're talking about Groups B and C.

Group A is expendable in face of the relevance of the interests of these two groups. By attacking Group A mercilessly, then Groups B and C will retain some margin of space to get off the hook.

So, as we’ve witnessed, and not by coincidence, all guns are turned smack on Praia da Luz.

Suddenly, almost out of the blue, the “BH PdL Faction” has found itself in a “McCann Predicament”, which is being totally helpless about one's own fate. What happens to them is a decision made by others.

In the case of the “BH PdL Faction” on how much of a fight Group C will put up. Group A is only safe if Group C holds the fort. If it ever concedes an inch, it will be at this Group A's expense.

It started, as we said, unwittingly, with the “6 cleaner” episode and was followed, this time intentionally, with the “X People of Interest in PdL”, X being a variable that changes conveniently with time and circumstances.

This set the stage definitely in PdL.

Not in Germany, Morocco, Romania, New Zealand, Switzerland or Disneyland.

It was set in Praia da Luz, Algarve, Portugal. That’s where SY has said were the “people of interest”.

Note also that now there aren't gypsies or any more heinous Latino stereotypes. The "people of interest" are Ocean Club workers, ex-Pats and Guests.

Scotland Yard has bet it's whole reputation that this "crime" will be solved in Praia da Luz.

It's as if PdL has become a Little Big Horn, a last stand.

Only left to define is who is going to be Custer. The BH or the Brit Gov?

Once the stage set in PdL, then it was time to proceed.

Enter the stage Mario Fernando Madeira Marreiros a laundryman.


Now if one is to read Mario Fernando’s statement to the PJ on 08 May, 2007, one really has to stretch one’s imagination to read it and find in it anything that could remotely make him in any possible way “one of 12 manual workers and cleaners Scotland Yard detectives have identified as “people of interest”:

This is his statement in the PJ Files:

“He has worked at the OC since the 5th March 2007 as a laundry worker as well as the driver of the laundry vehicles of the resort, delivering and collecting laundry (towels and sheets) from the apartments that make up the resort.

With relation to the events being investigated he states that on 4th May 2007, upon arriving at work at about 10.00 he saw that next to an apartment block there were various cars and police as well as members of the press, which he found strange.

Later, when he arrived at his place of work he was informed by colleagues that this "apparatus" was due to the disappearance of a little girl who had been staying at the resort.

He was informed that the girl was three years old, of British nationality and he observed that posters with her photograph and details were already up, with indications to follow in the case of information about her disappearance.

When questioned he said that he did not know the girl or her family, only having heard about them after the event.

When questioned about the day of the disappearance (03 May 2007) of the girl whose name he does not remember, he says he carried out his normal routine, arriving at his place of work at about 10.00, with a lunch break from 13.00 to 14.30, returning to work until 18.00. After work he returned home where he stayed with his wife until 21.30 when he went alone by car to Barao de Sao Joao, where his step son works.

After having picked up his step son he returned home where he stayed until the following day when he left for work.

He only knew about the events from the press and from his colleagues.

He knows nothing more apart from that the girl was on holiday with her family and twin siblings as he was informed later.

He does not know of anything suspicious that could be related to the events.

To see in these words any source of interest is like picking up a rock, covering it up with a golden coat of paint and calling it a nugget.

We've failed to confirm in the PJ Files what Mario Fernando now says he identified a potential suspect to Portuguese police a few months after Madeleine went missing” nor that  “However, according to Portuguese files, officers asked British police to put more questions to this man – a full year after Madeleine vanished.”

So it’s rather strange that someone just 4 days after the events has to say that “He does not know of anything suspicious that could be related to the events” suddenly remembers, 6 years later:

Mario believes the man he saw the night before three-year-old Madeleine disappeared in May 2007 should be on Scotland Yard’s list too.

(…)

Mario recalls a “nervous” man wearing big sunglasses hiding in a stairwell seconds away from the holiday apartment where parents Gerry and Kate were staying with their three children.

The laundryman is convinced the lurker was involved in the kidnap.

(…)

"It was 7.30pm to 8pm. When cleaners cleared sheets they dropped them down the hole in the stairs to be collected by me at the bottom.

“When I walked down and turned into the hole to get the laundry, I saw the weird guy and we nearly bumped into each other. He was embarrassed. He looked nervous.

“He was walking out from the hole under the stairs and must have been much further inside but had taken several steps after hearing me coming. We were, like, dodging each other.

“He had a really fat face and had two-tone sunglasses on, they got lighter at the bottom and were big. I will never forget those glasses.

“There was no reason for him to be there and no reason to wear the glasses as it was dark under the stairs.

“He did not walk away but watched what I did. I collected the sheets and took them to the van outside. He stayed there watching me.

“I had never seen him before. I knew everyone who was living at the complex and he was not one of them.

“It is still recorded in my head like it was at the time. It was not usual for people to be there, in the shadows.

“My theory is that guy must have been involved, either in the kidnapping or studying what to do — their movements.

"He was there for something, for sure!”

(…)

Describing the man who haunts him he explained: “He was quite tall and looked sort-of Scandinavian.

"He had lots of hair, close to his head — like it was glued. It was straight hair. He was about my age now — 45, 46.”

Mr. Mario Marreiros is evidently just another victim of IMS, a disease that we've seen afflict so many in this affair. For those who don't know what IMS is, it stands for Improved Memory Syndrome.

Evidently we don’t believe a word of what this man is saying but we do find very important what he has said.

Remember how we defined the “6 cleaner” episode as one in the best “I know what you did that summer” style?

Now, what if, as we think it is, this “Laundryman” episode to be a message to someone in PdL who just might understand it loud and clear?

What if, as we think it is, this “Laundryman” sighting is about the rightful “owner” of the stain that was found on the bedspread in the children’s room in 5A and up to now attributed to a 3 year old boy?

What if, as we think it is, SY has known all along who this “owner” is and is now telling this person “Hello, this is about YOU!”?

We know we've said that from Mario Moreiras' single statement in the PJ Files nothing of interest to the case could be deduced, and anyone doubting that please feel free to read him again above.
 

We have also said that nowhere else in the PJ Files can be found any reference of him having spoken to the PJ besides that single statement.

However we must say there was someone, referenced in the PJ Files, who was asked if he had actually passed by an Ocean Club employee that went there to pick up laundry but that's something we'll speak about in another post in the near future.


Then it would make sense that now, Justine McGuiness, in a travel media article, not in a mainstream paper would say:

“Asked what she now believes happened to Madeleine, McGuiness said it was highly unlikely she was kidnapped to order as some theories suggested or just walked out of the apartment herself.

But she said her experience of the case made her realise that many paedophiles appear to be upstanding members of communities not thought capable of carrying out that sort of crime.”

Upstanding members of the communities? Interesting to say the least!

Yes, the battleground is definitely Praia da Luz. And the “BH PdL Faction” really has reasons to sweat.

Much has been speculated as to what Kate McCann came to do in PdL in the beginning of the month, on the 6th Anniversary of Maddie's death.

Our opinion of that is quite simple. She came to report to the "BH PdL Faction" who wanted to hear first hand on what is going on and most likely also wanted to relay to the "other side" their interests.

The "Laundryman" episode seems to show that their proposals didn't have any sort of echo.

As we said above, the casting of who is to play Custer (BH or Brit Gov) in this Little Big Horn still has to be done.

To which side will the balance tip?

We would say there's one more likely than the other. That main reason being that SY bet the whole of its reputation by circumscribing the “hunting ground” to Praia da Luz.

So, basically, we would say that that this now boils down to the following: Is SY’s reputation more or less important than Group C’s power and influence?

We’ll see, hopefully soon, if SY is ridiculed yet again… or not.

As we've alerted, the next deadline is McCanns vs Amaral trial in Portugal. which many, many are very anxious about.

We are, as you know, in terms of the most elementary of justices, also are very interested in the outcome.

Be that outcome it taking place or not.

As we've also said, the eventuality of an agreement being reached is a decision that belongs solely to Mr. Amaral and about which we won't provide an opinion.

But we do want to highlight the high interest that many have, both in Portugal and in UK, which is very diverse from ours, about this particular judicial event.

Their interest about what may happen until then, what may happen to avoid it happening, what they may do to downsize the importance if it happens, what may happen if it happens and what may happen after it happens... and all other "what may" that we haven't said here.

Very interesting. Thus the high interest.

28 comments:

  1. Brilliant!
    Thank you, Textusa, once again.
    It´s always a pleasure to read your analysis and follow the way you are able to decompose each piece of information, through that unique reasoning capacity you´ve been blessed with.

    gemma

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  2. Amaral once said, some moons ago: "It's not going well for the McCanns" and now the arrow has left the bow string and it's on its way. When will it reach the bulls eye? We wait and see. Thank you Textusa. You shine a light in the darkness.

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  3. Without Insane polluting the air the planet seems so much greener and pleasant. Will not speak against environmentalists again!

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  4. It seems the ‘news’ the MET are going to ‘take control’ of the Maddie’ is being interpreted in many ways. I notice the Mail call her Maddie but what does ‘take control’ mean? Obviously this hasn’t just been decided recently and Chinese whispers must have been happening so the flurry of activity recently was leading up to this. What I’m surprised about is them saying the BUNGLING Portuguese police and that the Mcs have been CLEARED of any involvement. What do they know that the rest of the world doesn’t?

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  5. Anon #4,

    Due to the complexity of the post, the team decided to withdraw from it the following words, which now your comment make them very opportune:

    "To clarify yet again, let's make it clear who are in each of the plates: on one, the Brit Gov (and its most recent allied in this issue, the Tabloids) and on the other the BH Group C (with Group B doing all it can to help and Group A looking up at the sky to check if a gigantic axe is coming down upon them).

    So we're talking about real BIG belligerents. In fact, the biggest that can ever exist in a "civil" war. No more hanky-panky-let-me-slap-your-naughty-bad-wrist kind of combat.

    Now, it's common knowledge that when things reach this level of "violence" the most common weapon used in this particular kind of warfare is the one all most dread: the infamous WPD, or Weapon of Personal Destruction.

    You know, all those dark little secrets that they know about each other that are taken as weird but tolerated "peccadilloes" in times of friendship, become the "reputation-axe's" bluntest, roughest and rustiest blade possible in times wheremonsters spring out former friends' bodies in the best "Alien" style..

    With all the recent scandals and arrests and resignations involving the UK's powerful, popular and police we imagine that it's not the lack of want nor will that has deterred the use of the various WPDs in the arsenal of the various sides in this case.

    Something else is what will tip the scales. Something that surpasses UK. We call it the "incompetence war" or most commonly known as "on who shall we pin the blame" game.

    In this saga there have only been two constants.

    Both obvious and both perceived by all. The first is that Maddie is dead and the second is that when that truth is revealed somebody's incompetence will be evident. Let's be fair and call it "incompetence" because we're absolutely sure that there wasn't any incompetence involved in the mess up.

    And who was "incompetent". We see only two possibilities: SY or PJ.

    The PJ, has, like Pontius Pilate, long washed its hands of this issue, after, just like the Roman, was literally pushed into a decision of its own, that was more compliant with "pleasing" others than with its own convictions.

    Not seeing PJ accepting anything else other than being very clear that the investigation wasn't done adequately on orders.

    So we're left with what we think is what, we think, still holding this whole thing from falling apart. British Police's "incompetence". Let's be fair and call it what it really was: interference.

    Ant that is what the parties are fighting at this moment. The BHs are desperately trying to show that if the lid is off the pot then the SY, PJ, Leicester Police, CEOP and FSS will all be ridiculed in absolutely unacceptable terms, while Cameron is trying to find a way to expose all and make SY the heroes and not damage too much the image of all other parties mentioned.

    Quite a delicate balance, so to which side will the balance tip?"

    So it doesn't surprise us that the Met is now "going to 'take control'". It's their ball game now.

    About the "BUNGLING Portuguese", all the SY has to do is show how exactly the Portuguese bungled up. We would say iy would be as easy as finding a convenient abductor... but let's wait until the time comes and then see if they will still call the Portuguese "BUNGLING".

    About the McCanns being CLEARED... isn't that the 2008 news and that they've tried to push since then without success?

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  6. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2342030/Madeline-McCann-Scotland-Yard-takes-inquiry-Maddies-disappearance-Portuguese-police.html#ixzz2WF6THf5y

    Scotland Yard takes over the inquiry into Maddie's disappearance from Portuguese police after they fail to make a breakthrough in six years

    - Home Secretary Theresa May has agreed to fund full-scale Met inquiry
    - Review identified 20 potential suspects and dozens of new leads
    - Portuguese authorities have refused to reopen the investigation

    By Stephen Wright and James Slack

    PUBLISHED: 23:59 GMT, 14 June 2013 | UPDATED: 15:39 GMT, 15 June 2013


    Scotland Yard is to take control of the Madeleine McCann case from the Portuguese authorities, the Daily Mail can reveal.

    In a significant development, Home Secretary Theresa May has agreed to fund a full-scale Metropolitan Police investigation into Madeleine’s disappearance in Portugal six years ago.
    It follows a two-year, £5million Met review of her disappearance.

    This has identified more than 20 potential suspects and dozens of new leads – but despite the progress made by the review team, the Portuguese authorities have refused to reopen their inquiry. Officials in Portugal say that under the country’s laws they can only reopen the case if there is new evidence, and the new leads do not provide sufficient grounds.
    But Met detectives insist their leads could, if properly investigated, result in new evidence and perhaps the case being solved.

    With no sign of the deadlock being broken, the Met asked Mrs May to provide Home Office funding for a Scotland Yard investigation into Maddie’s disappearance.
    It is understood she has approved the request. It is not known how much additional funding was sought but it is believed it could run into millions of pounds. A statement announcing the Met-led investigation is expected in the next few weeks.

    It will endeavour not to upset the Portuguese authorities, who – privately at least – are likely to be unhappy about playing second fiddle to British police.

    Under the plan, Yard detectives will seek the assistance of the Portuguese to carry out some inquiries on their behalf. British police do not have jurisdiction in Portugal but they have the right to investigate and prosecute any British suspects who might be linked to Madeleine’s disappearance.

    Sources said that should Scotland Yard gather sufficient evidence to prosecute a foreign national who lives overseas, they will ask the Portuguese authorities to put the suspect on trial. Madeleine was nearly four when she went missing from her family’s holiday apartment in Praia da Luz on the Algarve in 2007 as her parents dined with friends nearby.
    The shambolic Portuguese inquiry was shelved in 2008 but Scotland Yard began a Home Office-funded review in 2011 following the intervention of David Cameron.
    He had been lobbied by Madeleine’s parents, Kate and Gerry McCann – who were falsely accused by Portuguese police of being behind her disappearance.

    (cont)

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  7. (cont)

    Officials said the progress made by the Yard review vindicated Mr Cameron’s decision to intervene.

    Last year the officer in day-to-day charge of the review, Detective Chief Inspector Andy Redwood, said his team had identified 195 potential leads.

    It emerged last month that the review had identified more than 20 people ‘of interest’, including Britons, who have not been eliminated from the case.

    Detective Chief Superintendent Hamish Campbell, who supervised the Met’s review said there were a ‘good number’ of individuals who should be questioned.

    Well-placed sources said at least 20 potential suspects – including a number of Britons who were in the Algarve at the time of Madeleine’s disappearance – had not been properly eliminated. One authoritative source said last night: ‘These people include a couple of known child sex offenders who are thought may have been in the Algarve when Madeleine disappeared. More work needs to be done on establishing their movements around the time she vanished. It cannot be disputed that the Portuguese police investigation was very poor.

    ‘They put all their eggs in one basket in terms of the McCanns being responsible for Madeleine’s disappearance. When they were rightly eliminated, they simply closed the inquiry rather than starting again.’

    It is understood that, contrary to some media reports, the Portuguese inquiry did identify everyone who was staying at the Ocean Club when she vanished. Most were British tourists.

    The Yard is ‘tidying’ up this aspect of the initial inquiry, trying to nail down people’s movements there.

    The fact that so many investigative opportunities were missed has galvanised British detectives who believe there is a real possibility they could unravel the mystery.
    Last month, the Mail revealed how as part of the review, Yard detectives had flown to Switzerland to probe the movements of one of the country’s most notorious child snatchers, Urs Hans von Aesch.

    The 67-year-old was one of many potential suspects dismissed prematurely by Portuguese police.

    Von Aesch kidnapped and murdered a five-year-old girl in his native Switzerland less than three months after Madeleine was abducted. He took his own life after killing his victim, who looked remarkably like Maddie.

    Article photo captions:

    1 - Madeleine: She was abducted six years ago in Portugal

    2 - Taking over: Scotland Yard is to take control of the Madeleine McCann case from the Portuguese authorities

    3 - Partnership: It is understood that Scotland Yard would ask Portuguese authorities to put any suspect on trial

    4 - A review by the Met police identified 20 potential suspects and dozens of new leads into the disappearance of Maddy McCann

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  8. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-22918857

    15 June 2013 Last updated at 14:25 GMT

    Madeleine McCann: Met police 'to take on' investigation


    The investigation into the disappearance of Madeleine McCann is to be taken on by the Metropolitan Police, according to reports.

    An announcement is expected in the next few weeks following a two-year Scotland Yard review of the stalled Portuguese inquiry, says the Daily Mail.

    Madeleine was almost four when she went missing on holiday in Praia da Luz in 2007.

    The Met says her parents are being kept fully updated on its work.

    Home Secretary Theresa May has agreed to provide funding for a full investigation by UK detectives, according to the Mail.

    The Home Office has not confirmed the report, but said in a statement: "The Home Office remains committed to supporting the search for Madeleine McCann and we have always said we would provide the Metropolitan Police with the resources they need to investigate her disappearance."

    In an earlier statement a spokesman had said: "We have agreed to provide the Metropolitan Police with the resources they need to investigate her disappearance."


    Documents reviewed

    A review into the case by police in the UK discovered new potential leads but the police in Portugal have not reopened the case.

    The BBC understands any investigation by Scotland Yard would need the co-operation of the Portuguese authorities.

    Scotland Yard would not comment on the latest development but released a statement saying they are encouraged by the progress they are making.

    It said: "Detectives remain in regular contact with Kate and Gerry McCann and are working closely with the Portuguese police in an attempt to make further progress."

    The UK review into Madeleine's case began in May 2011, after Prime Minister David Cameron responded to a plea from her parents.
    Its objective was for a team of officers to work with the Portuguese authorities with a view to reopening the case, which has been closed since 2008.

    As part of the review, a computer-generated image of how Madeleine might look at the age of nine was created with the help of her family. They marked her 10th birthday on May 12th.

    The team has been compiling and reviewing material from three separate strands - the Portuguese investigation, inquiries by the UK law enforcement agencies and the work of private investigators or agencies.

    There are believed to be around 40,000 pieces of information equating to about 100,000 pages.

    In May, detectives from Scotland Yard said they had identified "a number of persons of interest" but they denied asking Portuguese police to make any arrests in connection with the inquiry.



    Article photo captions:

    1 - Madeleine was almost four years old when she disappeared from her parent's holiday apartment

    2 - The Metropolitan Police issued a computer-generated image (r) of how Madeleine might have looked aged nine

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  9. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-22920695

    Met police 'to take on' McCann probe

    15 June 2013 Last updated at 15:05 GMT


    The investigation into the disappearance of Madeleine McCann is to be taken on by the Metropolitan Police, according to reports.

    An announcement is expected "within weeks" following a two-year Scotland Yard review of the stalled Portuguese inquiry.

    Madeleine was almost four when she went missing on holiday in Praia da Luz in 2007.

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  10. Some “old” news….

    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-22576103

    17 May 2013 Last updated at 16:55 GMT

    Madeleine McCann: Police identify 'people of interest'


    UK detectives reviewing the case of the 2007 disappearance of Madeleine McCann say they have identified "a number of persons of interest".

    Madeleine, from Rothley, Leicestershire, was nearly four when she went missing from her family's holiday flat in an Algarve resort.

    Scotland Yard said officers were working closely with Portuguese police and considering their next steps.

    They denied asking Portuguese police to make any arrests.

    In a statement, the Metropolitan Police went on to say Madeleine's parents, Kate and Gerry McCann, were being kept up-to-date with their progress.

    Clarence Mitchell, a spokesman for the couple, said: "Kate and Gerry remain very, very pleased with the work that Scotland Yard are doing and have been encouraged by Operation Grange [the case review] from the day it began.

    "Beyond that, they simply will not comment on what are police operational matters."


    'Encouraging progress'

    The Met Police statement also said: "Our investigative review is ongoing and we are encouraged by the progress we are making.

    "We are reviewing a significant number of documents and continue to identify potential lines of inquiry.

    "We can confirm that as part of this process we have identified a number of persons of interest, but any suggestion that the MPS [Met Police Service] is asking the Portuguese police to make arrests in connection with this inquiry is entirely inaccurate."

    The UK review into Madeleine's case began last May after Prime Minister David Cameron responded to a plea from her parents.

    Its objective is for a team of UK officers to work with the Portuguese authorities with a view to reopening the case, which has been closed since 2008.

    As part of the review, a computer-generated image of how Madeleine might look now was produced.

    Detectives are also poring over thousands of pieces of information from the Portuguese investigation, inquiries by the UK law enforcement agencies, and the work of private investigators and agencies.




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    UK police 'aim to find Madeleine'
    24 APRIL 2012, UK

    McCanns call review 'huge step'
    17 MARCH 2012, LEICESTER

    Madeleine case review is welcomed
    09 MARCH 2012, LEICESTER

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  11. @4, One can only hope it’s being repeated the McCs are cleared not to prejudice any forthcoming trial of the Mcs being charged so they get a fair hearing.
    But could it be the only way of getting so called new evidence to hand to Portugal for it to be re-opened?
    On the other hand it could be the MET know whatever they do it won’t be reopened so they can pretend as much as they like that’s what they want.
    Then they can say they tried everything and the stubborn Portuguese won’t co-operate.

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  12. http://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/407915/Scotland-Yard-s-Madeleine-McCann-squad-get-funding-boost-ready-for-breakthrough?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+daily-express-uk-news+%28Daily+Express+%3A%3A+UK+Feed%29


    Scotland Yard's Madeleine McCann squad get funding boost ready for breakthrough


    HOME SECRETARY Theresa May has agreed extra funding for police to pursue a full-scale investigation into the disappearance of Madeleine McCann, effectively taking over the case from the Portuguese authorities.

    By: James Murray
    Published: Sun, June 16, 2013

    The astonishing development signals that the Operation Grange squad believes it could at last solve the six-year mystery with the right financial backing and effective co-operation with the Portuguese.

    It is claimed Metropolitan Police detectives want to focus on 20 potential suspects in the coming months.

    Yesterday Scotland Yard issued its strongest statement so far on the two-year, £5million review of evidence, saying: “Our investigative review is ongoing and we are encouraged by the progress we are making.

    “We are reviewing a significant number of documents and continue to identify potential lines of inquiry.

    “We are in regular contact with Kate and Gerry McCann and they are kept fully updated on the progress of our work.

    “We also continue to work closely with the Portuguese police and are actively considering our next steps.”

    Operation Grange officers have not denied claims that if they get enough evidence to prosecute a foreign national living overseas they would ask the Portuguese authorities to put the suspect on trial.

    It is understood the Yard would ask Portuguese officers to conduct inquiries there while working with the Operation Grange squad on the understanding that all information would be assessed by the London-based team inputting vast amounts of data into their Holmes computer system.

    More than 30 officers and support staff are based at Belgravia police ¬station under the guidance of Detective Chief Inspector Andy Redwood.

    As we revealed earlier this year, statements were not taken from some key witnesses in the original Portuguese investigation.

    Yard officers have spoken at length to those witnesses who have given new information, helping them piece together some of the missing pieces of the jigsaw.

    Now the squad wants the authority to take full control of the investigation so that all its leads can be thoroughly examined. Last month witness Mario Fernando, 47, urged Yard officers to speak to him about a man he saw lurking near Kate and Gerry’s holiday apartment in Praia da Luz on the Algarve.

    Laundryman Mr Fernando said he saw the suspicious, nervous-looking man with big sunglasses on May 2, 2007, the night before their three-year-old daughter Madeleine vanished.

    He said last month: “I was at my last collection point near the girl’s flat. It was 7.30pm to 8pm.

    “When cleaners cleared sheets they dropped them down the hole in the stairs to be collected by me at the bottom. When I walked down and turned into the hole to get the laundry, I saw the weird guy and we nearly bumped into each other.

    “He had a really fat face and had two-tone sunglasses on. They got lighter at the bottom and were big.

    “He did not walk away but watched what I did. He stayed there watching me. My theory is that the guy must have been involved.”

    Retiring Detective Chief Superintendent Hamish Campbell, head of Scotland Yard’s Homicide and Serious Crime Command, revealed the team’s inquiries had unearthed “a lot of ¬people who could be explored further if only to be eliminated”.

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  13. Interesting snippets from the comments quoting the press:

    Mail:

    “Sources said that should Scotland Yard gather sufficient evidence to prosecute a foreign national who lives overseas, they will ask the Portuguese authorities to put the suspect on trial.”

    “Officials said the progress made by the Yard review vindicated Mr Cameron’s decision to intervene.”

    “Detective Chief Superintendent Hamish Campbell, who supervised the Met’s review said there were a ‘good number’ of individuals who should be questioned.”

    “Well-placed sources said at least 20 potential suspects – including a number of Britons who were in the Algarve at the time of Madeleine’s disappearance – had not been properly eliminated.”

    “It is understood that, contrary to some media reports, the Portuguese inquiry did identify everyone who was staying at the Ocean Club when she vanished. Most were British tourists.”

    “The Yard is ‘tidying’ up this aspect of the initial inquiry, trying to nail down people’s movements there.”

    BBC:

    “An announcement is expected in the next few weeks following a two-year Scotland Yard review of the stalled Portuguese inquiry, says the Daily Mail.”

    “An announcement is expected "within weeks" following a two-year Scotland Yard review of the stalled Portuguese inquiry.”

    EXPRESS

    “The astonishing development signals that the Operation Grange squad believes it could at last solve the six-year mystery with the right financial backing and effective co-operation with the Portuguese. ”

    “It is claimed Metropolitan Police detectives want to focus on 20 potential suspects in the coming months.”

    “Yesterday Scotland Yard issued its strongest statement so far on the two-year, £5million review of evidence, saying: “Our investigative review is ongoing and we are encouraged by the progress we are making.””

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  14. ".... Most of those staying at the Ocean Club were British tourists." "20 potential suspects." "IF suspect is a foreign national, living overseas, they will ask the Portuguese authorities to put the suspect on trial."

    Seems like the telescope might be pointed the right way round, finally. Back to Britain.

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  15. "Under the plan, Yard detectives will seek the assistance of the Portuguese to carry out some inquiries on their behalf. British police do not have jurisdiction in Portugal but they have the right to investigate and prosecute any British suspects who might be linked to Madeleine’s disappearance."

    Interesting.

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  16. The train has really left the station!!!
    I just hope that on the pic on this post the "Yes, I can!" beats the "or, can I?"
    I have to compliment you graphics department. Your pictures deserve a blog of their own!

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  17. So ALL OC people were found...
    Interesting.
    14, the telescope may be pointed the right way but I think the finger (or should I say fingers) is pointed right at the OC!

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  18. Yes, 17. Although what I was trying to say was that the spotlight is where it should be: centre stage, back home on the British you were there on 'holidays' and those from the UK who are still living in PDL. And hopefully not on the egg man/straw man who was spotted 'lurking' etc

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  19. Acho que nesta história quem se vai tramar é o mexilhão, portanto os empregados do OC que ponham as barbas de molho. Se forem espertos e acometidos por um momento de bravura, procuram a PJ e contam o que sabem. Talvez não se livrem de alguma culpa mas esta será por certo atenuada. Se forem medrosos, mantêm-se acovardados e certo, certo, é que vão acabar tramados. A SY estâ só a " cozinhar" a forma como os há-de tramar sem parecer demasiado óbvio e suspeito. Afinal a SY, tem de sair de cena rapidamente, antes que acabe descreditada.

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  20. http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2013/jun/16/gchq-intercepted-communications-g20-summits

    Explosive stuff on Guardian by Nick Davies and team!
    GCHQ intercepted foreign politicians' communications at G20summits
    In 2009 when Gordon Brown was PM.
    Spying on Russians, South Africans, Turks. .. Set up fake Internet cafes and intercepted blackberry phones.
    Shocking stuff!!!
    And David Miliband involved too.

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  21. Anon #19,

    Disagree. The only way for SY to come clean will not not be by frying small fish.

    The scandal is too big for that kind of catch. Not all big fish may be caught but no way can the net bring only sardines.

    But sardines may prove to be very useful to catch bigger fish...

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  22. The Sun today. Tiny article about Yard hunt for MISSING Maddie. Page 21:
    Disappearance..." British police do not have jurisdiction in Portugal, but they do have the right to investigate and prosecute UK subjects"
    No talk of abduction!
    (Page 36 article about sexhibitionists- 4 women talk about kinky kicks, including a swinger aged 42)

    This is what I found online:

    http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/4970224/Met-police-set-to-take-on-missing-Maddies-investigation.html

    Met police set to take on missing Maddie’s investigation

    By TOM MORGAN
    Published: 15th June 2013

    BRITISH cops are finally set to revive the hunt for Madeleine McCann after the Government yesterday backed a full-scale probe.

    Scotland Yard have been promised funding from the Home Secretary - moving officers a step closer to seizing control of the case from Portuguese authorities.

    A £5million Met review of her disappearance has identified more than 20 potential suspects and dozens of new leads.

    But Portuguese authorities have refused to reopen their failed inquiry into her disappearance six years ago.

    With talks deadlocked, the Met asked Theresa May to provide Home Office funding for a Scotland Yard investigation into Maddie’s disappearance.

    A Home Office spokesman said: “The Home Office remains committed to supporting the search for Madeleine McCann and we have agreed to provide the Metropolitan Police with the resources they need to investigate her disappearance.”

    It is not known how much additional funding was sought but it is believed it could run into millions of pounds. Some claim a statement announcing the Met-led investigation is expected in the next few weeks.

    Yard detectives will seek the assistance of the Portuguese to carry out some inquiries on their behalf.

    British police do not have jurisdiction in Portugal but they have the right to investigate and prosecute any British suspects who might be linked to Madeleine’s disappearance.

    A Met police spokesman said: “Our investigative review is ongoing and we are encouraged by the progress we are making. We are reviewing a significant number of documents and continue to identify potential lines of inquiry.

    “We are in regular contact with Kate and Gerry McCann and they are kept fully updated on the progress of our work.
    “We also continue to work closely with the Portuguese Police and are actively considering our next steps.”

    Madeleine was nearly four when she went missing from her family’s holiday apartment in Praia da Luz on the Algarve in 2007 as her parents dined with friends nearby.

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  23. bonsoir,
    j'arrive à comprendre l'anglais écrit, même si je passe à côté de certaines subtilités, et là, je lis partout, reprenez-moi si je fais erreur que SY voudrait rouvrir l'enquête alors que les Portugais, en l'absence d'éléments nouveaux, ne le désirent pas !
    C'est le serpent qui se mord la queue !!! comment enquêter sans rouvrir l'enquête ???
    de ce que je comprends (sous réserves d'erreurs)SY a des citoyens britanniques à auditionner à PDL, qui seraient des personnes que la PJ n'aurait pu identifier à l'époque de l'enquête ??? mais alors ??? du premier jour, de la première minute, les dés étaient pipés et les politiques portugais ont capitulé sans vergogne devant le RU ???
    je trouve cette histoire écoeurante, "que vous soyez puissant ou misérable...."et je ne critique pas les portugais, mais Leurs dirigeants, comme je critique les nôtres en France où l'honnêteté n'a plus vraiment cours dans la classe politique !
    que sommes-nous face à ces puissants ?? RIEN

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  24. Anon #23,

    Tout d'abord, pardonnez la mauvaise qualité de mon français.

    Les Anglais n'ont pas besoin que le processus soit rouvert au Portugal.

    Tout crime commis par les Britanniques dans n'importe quelle partie du monde peut être jugé et condamné par l'anglais.

    La réouverture de l'affaire Maddie était toujours un problème de volonté politique et jamais un problème juridique.

    Merci pour votre commentaire.

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  25. I think the silence is much more scary for the BH PDL Faction. It's the nightmare of knowing you're being talked about behind your back but you just don't know how damaging it can be. At least when the news come out they can have some sort of clue of what is going on.

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  26. Na era da globalização e da facilitação das comunicações , o dia de hoje é de festa mc cannianna nos USA.

    Net invadida com os tabloides de lá mais uma teen como repórter numa TV de um bairro qualquer.

    O Clar.Mitc. voltou à carga?

    Que mais se irá passar?

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  27. When this story first broke back in 2007 the Mccanns through their media manipulation had much support and donations from the public. Then the cracks started appearing in their story and the doubt set in, papers started publishing their own suspicions concerning the mccanns Later that year the Mccanns were brought in for questioning by PJ and it looked like the case was going to be resolved with the Mccanns finally being charged. Then something happened the PR wheels were set in motion, a company was employed to give the Mccanns a whitewash to change public opinion in their favour and it appeared they were exempt from facing any type of justice, the papers went silent and printed only pro-mccann stories, most of which were about fictitious abductors. The Mccanns without powerful support would not have had this immunity from all the suspicions concerning their behaviour or continue on this level. All their interviews became scripted with Mitchell in the background ensuring approved only questions were asked, the fraudulent fund continued despite all the suspicions surrounding the parents. Kate has been able to write a book attempting to change facts to strengthen their abductor story even though there was and has never been one shred of evidence to support their story. She has been appointed an ambassador for a missing persons charity which IMO is an insult to genuine missing persons considering the Mccanns reluctance to cooperate with the PJ. The tapas friends have all remained silent and refused to cooperate in a reconstruction which suggests they are towing the line for the Mccanns in the knowledge that they are also safe from prosecution. The question is just who are Kate and Gerry or who or what do they know that stops this investigation from reaching its rightful conclusion. That is a crime in itself that powerful people evade justice or facing the consequences of their actions. David Camerons our most unpopular prime minister to date has haemorrhaged money on this review and the more public money he wastes on this futile review is all the more damaging to his reputation his own people should suggest to him that he finds out what really went on in apartment 5A. The Mccanns know more than they say about Madeleine’s disappearance and that is the general census of public opinion, comments are forbidden on news articles concerning the Mccanns but on the rare occasions when they are allowed they are full of suspicions and doubts concerning the parents. High profile people are all the same they fear falling from grace but David Cameron needs to stand up to these PR bullies and sort this case once and for all.

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  28. Another brilliant article Textusa thank you x

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