The Metropolitan Police is to receive further funds to continue its investigatio into the disappearance of Madeleine McCann.The UK government has funded Operation Grange to the tune of £11 million pounds (€12.5 million), latterly released in tranches every six months.
The operation to investigate Madeleine’s disappearance, run by a dedicated team from London’s Metropolitan Police, started after the former Prime Minister, David Cameron, asked for a detailed examination into Madeleine’s disappearance.
The new funding of £150,000 shows the British authorities' commitment to continue the investigation for a further six months. the investigation is descibed as being "at the final line of inquiry," according to the Home Office which is to release the money.
Madeleine McCann disappeared from a tourist apartment in Praia da Luz, (pictured), on May 3, 2007, where allegedly she had been left alone with her twin brothers.
The 30-strong Operation Grange team in 2013 was reduced to five officers in 2015 as lines of inquiry led nowhere, no suspect has been charged and successive Home Office ministers are loathed to be the one to end the operation.
The new funding of £150,000 shows the British authorities' commitment to continue the investigation for a further six months. the investigation is descibed as being "at the final line of inquiry," according to the Home Office which is to release the money.
Madeleine McCann disappeared from a tourist apartment in Praia da Luz, (pictured), on May 3, 2007, where allegedly she had been left alone with her twin brothers.
The 30-strong Operation Grange team in 2013 was reduced to five officers in 2015 as lines of inquiry led nowhere, no suspect has been charged and successive Home Office ministers are loathed to be the one to end the operation.
