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UK Approves £108,000 in New Funding for Madeleine McCann Investigation

Operation Grange, Scotland Yard's probe into the 2007 disappearance, receives continued support as investigators maintain collaboration with German and Portuguese authorities.

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Overview

  • The UK Home Office has approved an additional £108,000 for Operation Grange, extending the investigation into 2025-26.
  • The Metropolitan Police's team currently consists of one detective chief inspector, one detective constable, and one police staff member.
  • Prime suspect Christian Brueckner, serving a seven-year sentence in Germany for an unrelated crime, denies involvement in Madeleine McCann's disappearance.
  • Brueckner was recently cleared of unrelated sex offence charges in Germany allegedly committed in Portugal between 2000 and 2017.
  • Since its inception in 2011, Operation Grange has received over £13.2 million in funding and continues to support international efforts to uncover the truth.