he is christian brueckner, a german man currently serving a prison sentence for rape. it is german prosecutors who are leading this investigation. brueckner, who used this camper van while living in the algarve, has not been charged and has denied any involvement. prosecutors said today s search was based on intelligence. translation: you can imagine we don t start searching - somewhere in portugal on the off chance. there s a good reason for it. madeleine mccann vanished from a holiday apartment in praia da luz in may 2007. from there to the arade reservoir where the search is taking place is a journey of about 45 minutes. the peninsular that s been the focus of today s operation is on the west side of the lake. one former british police officer involved in the original madeleine mccann investigation is optimistic about the search. i think its reasonable to be hopeful twofold. one is that the german police are continuing at pace and they are not taking off
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a regular visitor at the site being 5earched today. the former head of the child exploitation and 0nline protection centre, jim gamble, who was involved in the original madeleine mccann investigation, says the search could be significant. i think it is reasonable to be hopeful, twofold, one that the german police are continuing at a pace and are not taking off the pressure, they are continuing to invest re5ource5. number two, at some stage there has got to be a breakthrough in this case. madeleine mccann vanished from her room at the ocean club in praia de luz in 2007, as her parents were in a restaurant a few yards away. de5pite months of extensive searching, no trace was found. in 2008, a private search of the reservoir, funded by a portuguese lawyer, found nothing of relevance to the case. it is here that police are searching again.
the arade reservoir where the search is taking place, is about 30 miles away. police are focusing on a car park and impromptu campsite on a small peninsular on the west side of the lake. jim gamble, who was head of the child exploitation and 0nline protection centre and was involved in the original madeleine mccann investigation, hopes the search will be significant. given the portuguese police are supporting and facilitating this search, then i think it s reasonable to be hopeful twofold. 0ne search, then i think it s reasonable to be hopeful twofold. one is that the german police are continuing at pace and they are not taking off the pressure and they are continuing to invest resource. and number two, at some stage there has got to be a breakthrough. but madeleine mccann vanished 16 years ago, so the chances of proving what happened to her must now be limited. daniel sandford, bbc news at the arade dam. rolf harris who was jailed for a series of indecent assaults on girls
and impromptu campsite on a small peninsula on the west side of the lake. jim gamble, who was head of the child exploitation and online protection centre and was involved in the original madeleine mccann investigation, hopes the search will be significant. given that the portuguese police are supporting and facilitating this search, then i think its reasonable to be hopeful twofold. one is that the german police are continuing at pace and they re not taking off the pressure and they re continuing to invest resource. and number two, at some stage, there s got to be a breakthrough. but madeleine mccann vanished 16 years ago, so the chances of proving what happened to her must now be limited. daniel sandford, bbc news, at the arade dam. damien mcginnis give us this update.