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Red Defence in Red Zone
9 October 2008
Intelligence Online
An affiliate of Red Defence International, a firm headed by Britain’s Kevin Halligen, the investigative concern Oakley International Group was hired in March, 2008 to help find Madeline McCann, the three-year-old British child who vanished in May, 2007 from a hotel on the Portuguese coast. In late August, the Find Madeline Fund, which bankrolls the search for the child, suddenly cut all links with Oakley International, officially for “inadequate results.”It wasn’t the first time that companies owned by Halligen, who took part in MI 5 operations in Northern Ireland, have encountered problems with their customers.
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Intelligence Online
An affiliate of Red Defence International, a firm headed by Britain’s Kevin Halligen, the investigative concern Oakley International Group was hired in March, 2008 to help find Madeline McCann, the three-year-old British child who vanished in May, 2007 from a hotel on the Portuguese coast. In late August, the Find Madeline Fund, which bankrolls the search for the child, suddenly cut all links with Oakley International, officially for “inadequate results.”It wasn’t the first time that companies owned by Halligen, who took part in MI 5 operations in Northern Ireland, have encountered problems with their customers.
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Scientific Cops Look Abroad for Work
25 September 2008
Intelligence Online
BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE AND LOBBYING/FIRMS
Forensic Science Service Ltd., a public firm that makes most of its money working for police forces in the United Kingdom, has retained the services of the American lobbying firm Van Scoyoc Associates to help it land contracts from U.S. federal agencies and police forces in the American states. Although it is government-owned, Forensic Science Service doesn’t enjoy a monopoly in the U.K. and finds itself competing with private groups. As a result, it wants to diversify its sources of revenue by carrying out forensic investigations on behalf of foreign police forces. Forensic Science Service has already made contact with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. Van Scoyoc, the company hired by Forensic Science Service to drum up business for it, already has several British customers. In one instance, the firm represented the private security concern ArmorGroup.
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Intelligence Online
BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE AND LOBBYING/FIRMS
Forensic Science Service Ltd., a public firm that makes most of its money working for police forces in the United Kingdom, has retained the services of the American lobbying firm Van Scoyoc Associates to help it land contracts from U.S. federal agencies and police forces in the American states. Although it is government-owned, Forensic Science Service doesn’t enjoy a monopoly in the U.K. and finds itself competing with private groups. As a result, it wants to diversify its sources of revenue by carrying out forensic investigations on behalf of foreign police forces. Forensic Science Service has already made contact with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. Van Scoyoc, the company hired by Forensic Science Service to drum up business for it, already has several British customers. In one instance, the firm represented the private security concern ArmorGroup.
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Ex-cops approached for hunt
11 September 2008
The West Australian
Some of Britain’s most experienced police detectives are being approached to join a team to help find Madeleine McCann. The Find Madeleine Fund has asked for lists of suitable retired or soon-to-retire officers from forces across the country. The fund, which is now being bankrolled by Brian Kennedy, owner of Sale Sharks rugby team, has approached several police forces around the country, including Greater Manchester. Madeleine, 3, of Rothley, Leicestershire, disappeared from her family’s holiday apartment in Praia da Luz, Portugal, in May last year.
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The West Australian
Some of Britain’s most experienced police detectives are being approached to join a team to help find Madeleine McCann. The Find Madeleine Fund has asked for lists of suitable retired or soon-to-retire officers from forces across the country. The fund, which is now being bankrolled by Brian Kennedy, owner of Sale Sharks rugby team, has approached several police forces around the country, including Greater Manchester. Madeleine, 3, of Rothley, Leicestershire, disappeared from her family’s holiday apartment in Praia da Luz, Portugal, in May last year.
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Super cops join search for Maddie
10 September 2008
Daily Star
Ohn Mahoney
Ex-police help hunt
A crack team of retired supercops is being hired to help the hunt for Madeleine McCann. Scotland Yard, Cambridgeshire and Greater Manchester (GMP) forces have been approached for lists of former detectives who could bring fresh leads. The elite squad of officers – all retired or close to collecting their pensions – will be recruited by the Find Madeleine Fund and told to re-examine previous evidence. The fund is being bankrolled by leisure tycoon Brian Kennedy, 48, who owns Sale Sharks rugby union club and boasts an estimated £350 million fortune.
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Daily Star
Ohn Mahoney
Ex-police help hunt
A crack team of retired supercops is being hired to help the hunt for Madeleine McCann. Scotland Yard, Cambridgeshire and Greater Manchester (GMP) forces have been approached for lists of former detectives who could bring fresh leads. The elite squad of officers – all retired or close to collecting their pensions – will be recruited by the Find Madeleine Fund and told to re-examine previous evidence. The fund is being bankrolled by leisure tycoon Brian Kennedy, 48, who owns Sale Sharks rugby union club and boasts an estimated £350 million fortune.
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Wanted: Our ex-top cops to join hunt for Maddie
9 September 2008
Manchester Evening News
Top former detectives from Greater Manchester Police could be recruited to help find Madeleine McCann. Chief Supt Steve Heywood, head of the force's serious crime division, has been asked to provide a list of retired or about-to-retire officers. Madeleine was snatched while on holiday in Portugal just a few days before her fourth birthday in May last year. The Find Madeleine Fund was set up with help from individual donations and is now being bankrolled by Brian Kennedy, boss of Sale Sharks rugby union club.
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Manchester Evening News
Top former detectives from Greater Manchester Police could be recruited to help find Madeleine McCann. Chief Supt Steve Heywood, head of the force's serious crime division, has been asked to provide a list of retired or about-to-retire officers. Madeleine was snatched while on holiday in Portugal just a few days before her fourth birthday in May last year. The Find Madeleine Fund was set up with help from individual donations and is now being bankrolled by Brian Kennedy, boss of Sale Sharks rugby union club.
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McCanns look to ex-cops
9 September 2008
Wigan Observer
Chief Supt Steve Heywood, head of Greater Manchester's serious crime division - which covers the Wigan area - has been asked to provide a list of retired or about-to-retire officers.Madeleine was snatched while on holiday in Portugal in May last year.The Find Madeleine Fund was set up with help from individual donations and is now being bankrolled by Brian Kennedy, boss of Sale Sharks rugby union club.
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Wigan Observer
Chief Supt Steve Heywood, head of Greater Manchester's serious crime division - which covers the Wigan area - has been asked to provide a list of retired or about-to-retire officers.Madeleine was snatched while on holiday in Portugal in May last year.The Find Madeleine Fund was set up with help from individual donations and is now being bankrolled by Brian Kennedy, boss of Sale Sharks rugby union club.
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English cops would have found Maddie
English cops would have found Maddie
Ross Hall
7 September 2008
The News of the World
Kate and Gerry McCann believe missing daughter Madeleine would have been found now if she had disappeared in England rather than Portugal.
Gerry said: "English police have more experience in kidnaps, they are more alert to the problem.
I don't have any doubt it would have been different if Madeleine had disappeared here."
Maddie, five, vanished from her parents' holiday apartment in Praia da Luz in May last year.
The couple, both 40, from Rothley, Leics, told a Portuguese mag they now keep their other two children, three-yearold twins Sean and Amelie, constantly by their side. Kate said: "We now think about everything that can happen - predators and kidnappers. In shopping centres we never let go of them."
The don't believe the dozens of witnesses reinterviewed by their investigators will lead to Maddie. They think the breakthrough will come from someone linked to the kidnapper.
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Ross Hall
7 September 2008
The News of the World
Kate and Gerry McCann believe missing daughter Madeleine would have been found now if she had disappeared in England rather than Portugal.
Gerry said: "English police have more experience in kidnaps, they are more alert to the problem.
I don't have any doubt it would have been different if Madeleine had disappeared here."
Maddie, five, vanished from her parents' holiday apartment in Praia da Luz in May last year.
The couple, both 40, from Rothley, Leics, told a Portuguese mag they now keep their other two children, three-yearold twins Sean and Amelie, constantly by their side. Kate said: "We now think about everything that can happen - predators and kidnappers. In shopping centres we never let go of them."
The don't believe the dozens of witnesses reinterviewed by their investigators will lead to Maddie. They think the breakthrough will come from someone linked to the kidnapper.
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Hunt team has its deal 'dropped'
August 26, 2008
Europe Intelligence Wire
A firm of private investigators hired to hunt for Madeleine McCann has reportedly had its GBP 500,000 contract dropped. The US-based Oakley International had been given a six-month contract and was paid from the Find Madeleine Fund.
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Europe Intelligence Wire
A firm of private investigators hired to hunt for Madeleine McCann has reportedly had its GBP 500,000 contract dropped. The US-based Oakley International had been given a six-month contract and was paid from the Find Madeleine Fund.
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Stranger in shadows ignored by detectives
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Maddie 'sighting' on CCTV at Brussels bank
11 August 2008
The Sun
Veronica Lorraine in Praia da Luz
PORTUGUESE cops failed to probe a possible sighting of Maddie's abductor near her family's holiday apartment, police case files reveal.
Babysitter Margaret Hall was looking after a little girl in the flat eight months before the McCanns arrived.
When she investigated a noise outside, she saw a shoe in the shadows. She cried out and a man stepped out shouting, "No, no". Margaret said he was almost certainly Portuguese.
She told detectives she returned to the apartment "in a state of shock".
Couple
But police regarded the incident as "outdated" as it occurred so long before Maddie went missing, their 20,000-page dossier shows.
Police also failed to interview pizza worker George Brooks, 61, of Liverpool, who saw a suspicious couple carrying a child near the local marina hours after Maddie vanished.
Mr Brooks spoke to the McCanns' private detectives. But by the time Portuguese police visited his restaurant they were told he had left.
In another possible lead, Ernesto Mochacho, 23, told police of a "tall, thin Englishman in his 40s" who was taking photos of kids on a beach where the McCanns took Maddie.
They asked him to get in touch if he saw him again. But Ernesto added: "I never saw him after that."
The McCanns' spokesman Clarence Mitchell said last night: "Kate and Gerry hoped from the outset that the police were following up every lead."
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