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British police searching for missing Madeleine McCann want their British police searching for missing Madeleine McCann want their Portuguese counterparts to search the homes and examine the bank accounts of three former employees of the resort where she vanished, it is reported.
Portuguese counterparts to search the homes and examine the bank Detectives from both countries are running their own investigations and a team from Scotland Yard made the request during meetings with Policia Judiciaria after flying to Portugal this week.
accounts of three former employees of the resort where she vanished, it Police are keen to investigate the trio, who are believed to have been working at the Ocean Club complex in Praia da Luz where the McCanns were staying in 2007, the Daily Mirror said.
is reported.
Detectives from both countries are running their own investigations
and a team from Scotland Yard made the request during meetings with
Policia Judiciaria after flying to Portugal this week.
Police are keen to investigate the trio, who are believed to have
been working at the Ocean Club complex in Praia da Luz where the McCanns
were staying in 2007, the Daily Mirror said.
Officers reportedly believe they were behind a spate of burglaries in the weeks before three-year-old Madeleine disappeared.Officers reportedly believe they were behind a spate of burglaries in the weeks before three-year-old Madeleine disappeared.
Nelson Rodrigues, a barman at the Ocean Club at the time, told the Mirror a wide range of staff would have had access to rooms.Nelson Rodrigues, a barman at the Ocean Club at the time, told the Mirror a wide range of staff would have had access to rooms.
He said: "There were quite a few staff who had access to keys. He said: "There were quite a few staff who had access to keys. Reception staff, the cleaners, and the maintenance men could all get into rooms. Waiters and barmen did not have access to keys.
Reception staff, the cleaners, and the maintenance men could all get "I remember at the time things belonging to guests went missing now and then. Mobile phones, cash, anything valuable lying around."
into rooms. Waiters and barmen did not have access to keys.
"I remember at the time things belonging to guests went missing now
and then. Mobile phones, cash, anything valuable lying around."
Police from both countries met in Faro after Scotland Yard sent an international letter of request linked to its own inquiry.Police from both countries met in Faro after Scotland Yard sent an international letter of request linked to its own inquiry.
The Met said it had not yet made any arrests and that officers had visited Portugal a number of times in the past 18 months.The Met said it had not yet made any arrests and that officers had visited Portugal a number of times in the past 18 months.
British detectives launched a fresh investigation into the girl 's disappearance last July – two years into a review of the British detectives launched a fresh investigation into the girl 's disappearance last July – two years into a review of the case and made renewed appeals on television in the UK, the Netherlands and Germany.
case – and made renewed appeals on television in the UK, the Netherlands
and Germany.