Authorities
want
to
use
social
networks
to
try
to
reach
the
Portuguese
and
to
obtain
any
relevant
information
about
Madeleine's
disappearance.
SY
launched
a
site
translated
into
Portuguse
and
intends
to
use
the
social
network
to
try
to
reach
the
Portuguese
and
obtain
any
relevent
information
relating
to
Maddie's
disappearance.
The
internet
page
refers
to
the
public
appeal
made
today
in
order
to
identify
the
man
allegedly
responsible
for
the
sexual
assaults
on
British
children,
aged
between
7
and
10,
in a
total
of
12
incidents
with
British
families
between
2004
and
2006,
in
the
Algarve.
"We
are
directing
the
information
to
the
communities
affected
as
well
as
the
Portuguese,
which
was
clearly
affected
since
the
crimes
occurred
in
the
Algarve.
For
example,
we
are
using
means
such
as
Facebook,
in
which
we
are
able
to
promote
our
information
and
our
appeals",
he
stated
to
Agência
Lusa.
As
well
as
English
and
Portuguese,
the
page
(http://www.met.police.uk/madeleine-mccann-appeal/)
is
also
translated
in
Dutch
and
German,
the
languages
of
the
two
main
nationalities
of
the
tourists
who
visit
the
south
of
Portugal.
"It
is
question
of
us
being
intelligent
and
using
all
of
our
means
of
communication
so
that
our
information
reaches
out
as
far
as
possible
and,
mainly,
to
get
the
replies
we
so
much
desire",
he
justifies.
This
is a
third
public
appeal
made
by
the
British
police,
the
last
of
which,
in
October,
was
transmitted
on
British,
German
and
Dutch
television,
generating
over
5
thousand
telephone
calls,
the
information
of
which
is
still
being
analysed.
The
British
authorities
still
maintain
a £
20.000,--
(€
24.000,--)
reward
to
anyone
who
can
provide
information
leading
to
the
identification
or
the
arrest
and
trial
of
the
person
responsible
for
the
disappearance
of
Madeleine
McCann
on 3
May
2007.
The
child
who
was
3
years
old,
was
in
the
bedroom,
where
she
was
sleeping
with
her
twin
brother
and
sister,
of
the
apartment
in
the
Praia
da
Luz
resort,
in
the
Algarve.
Scotland
Yard
informed
the
PJ
before
launching
their
appeal
SY
informed
the
PJ
before
launching
their
new
appeal
in
the
media
to
find
the
person
responsible
for
a
series
of
sexual
assaults
on
children
in
the
Algarve,
the
inspector
Andy
Redwood
guaranteed.
"My
colleague,
Director
Luís
Mota
Carmo,
who
works
at
the
Faro
delegation,
understands
perfectly
the
nature
and
scope
of
our
investigation.
I
was
in
Portugal
last
Thursday,
where
I
discussed
our
intentions
in
relation
to
this
appeal
made
in
the
media.
Everything
we
are
doing
is
in
total
and
open
cooperation
with
our
Portuguese
colleagues",
the
detective
affirmed.
Redwood,
who
heads
the
"Operation
Grange"
since
2011,
the
investigation
of
the
British
police
in
the
disappearance
of
Madeleine
McCann
in
2007,
says
that
he
has
travelled
to
Portugal
26
times
for
meetings
on a
"strategic
and
tactical
level".
However,
he
confessed
that
he
was
"frustrated"
with
the
slowness
of
the
process
of
the
analysis
and
approval
of
the
rogatory
letters
for
the
British
officers
who
accompany
the
Portuguese
police
in
these
actions.
"We
work
in a
different
way
in
the
UK
in
terms
of
how
the
police
act.
It
is
only
a
difference.
But
the
most
important
is
that
all
of
our
lines
of
investigation
are
rooted
in
and
directed
to
Portugal
and
that
we
understand
and
respect
the
differences
in
our
systems,
which
means
the
the
things
advance
at
different
speeds.
There
is a
frustration
on
our
part
in
regard
to
this
aspect.
If
it
had
been
with
us
and
the
crime
had
been
committed
in
London,
we
would
be
able
to
go
ahead
at a
different
speed",
he
admitted
to
Lusa.
Andy
Redwood
confirmed
that
part
of
the
3
rogatory
letters,
sent
to
Portugal
between
October
and
February,
are
still
with
the
Attorney
General's
office,
which
is
responsible
for
analysing
and
approving
the
documents
before
passing
them
to
PJ.
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