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Post by Verdi 04.02.16 22:38

worriedmum wrote:Maybe Exton had been told to conduct the investigation 'as if the abduction happened in the UK' to copy a phrase I seem to recall hearing somewhere else....' spin
Whatever they were-nt investigating, Halligan skeedaddled with a nice tidy sum for six months bar room work play.  A nice tidy sum that I don't believe the McCanns have ever tried to recover.

How curious- if someone nicked half a million from me I wouldn't take it lightly (all supposing I had a half a million to nick sad )!

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Post by Verdi 04.02.16 23:11

Snipped from 'Mark Hollingsworth Investgates the McCann Files' - September 2009


'The agency [Metodo3] had 35 investigators working on the case in Britain, France, Spain, Portugal and Morocco. A hotline was set up for the public to report sightings and suspicions, and the search focussed on Morocco. But the investigation was dogged by over-confidence and braggadocio. ‘We know who took Madeleine and hope she will be home by Christmas,’ boasted Metodo 3’s flamboyant boss Francisco Marco. But no Madeleine materialised and their contract was not renewed.'

Operation Grange seriously included the work of Metodo3 when undertaking a global 'review' of the case?  Really?  They even went on a mission to Spain to personally collect the files - at the UK and Spanish tax payers expense?

Stinks of rotting sea bass.

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Post by Tony Bennett 05.02.16 9:31

Verdi wrote:Why engage the services of a Spanish agency when the crime was committed in Portugal and the missing child was from the UK?

Well, it looks as though Clarence Mitchell, PR guru extraordinaire, has long since answered my question..

'Kennedy commissioned private detectives to conduct an investigation parallel to the one run by the Portuguese police. But his choice showed how dangerous it is when powerful and wealthy businessmen try to play detective. In September 2007, he hired Metodo 3, an agency based in Barcelona, on a six-month contract and paid it an estimated £50,000 a month. Metodo 3 was hired because of Spain’s ‘language and cultural connection’ with Portugal. ‘If we’d had big-booted Brits or, heaven forbid, Americans, we would have had doors slammed in our faces’ said Clarence Mitchell, spokesperson for the McCann’s at the time. ‘And it’s quite likely that we could have been charged with hindering the investigation as technically it’s illegal in Portugal to undertake a secondary investigation.''

Meanwhile, Exton was running the surveillance teams in Portugal and often paying his operatives upfront, so would occasionally be out-of-pocket because Halligen had not transferred funds.'


Technically illegal eh Mr. Mitchell?

[Italic text snipped from Mark Hollingsworth - September 2009]

Maybe Exton lost his marbles or maybe he's got an axe to grind with Halligan and/or the McCanns, I seriously don't believe the story published by the Times!
 
ETA:  Oakley International were only established in 2007, just prior to MBM's disappearance and they were only on the case for about six months - 'iffy to say the least.
@ Verdi   It is even worse than that.

The evidence is that Oakley International was formed between June and December 2007 and therefore after Madeleine McCann was reported missing.

It was finally registered only on 12 February 2008.   

Otherwise I agree with all that you say, except perhaps to add that in Henri Exton's case, I would always tend to doubt the word of a man who was once the acknowledged Head of MI5's Covert Intelligence Unit. And especially if he chose to work for fraudster and conman Kevin Halligen - how intelligent a decision was that?? 

Everything that comes out of the mouths of Halligen, Exton and their 'third man', Tim Craig-Harvey with reference to the Madeleine McCann case, is smoke - mirrors - more smoke - more mirrors

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Post by Verdi 05.02.16 12:26

@Tony Bennett wrote:  The evidence is that Oakley International was formed between June and December 2007 and therefore after Madeleine McCann was reported missing.

I do apologize and stand corrected! 

Brain malfunction - should of course be 2008, at the time when Brian Kennedy and Gerry/Kate McCann were so desperate (?).  When Kevin Halligan and Henri Exton conveniently just happened to 'walk through the door' - I wonder what door, clever illusion though.

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Post by Liz Eagles 05.02.16 12:49

Tony Bennett wrote:
Verdi wrote:Why engage the services of a Spanish agency when the crime was committed in Portugal and the missing child was from the UK?

Well, it looks as though Clarence Mitchell, PR guru extraordinaire, has long since answered my question..

'Kennedy commissioned private detectives to conduct an investigation parallel to the one run by the Portuguese police. But his choice showed how dangerous it is when powerful and wealthy businessmen try to play detective. In September 2007, he hired Metodo 3, an agency based in Barcelona, on a six-month contract and paid it an estimated £50,000 a month. Metodo 3 was hired because of Spain’s ‘language and cultural connection’ with Portugal. ‘If we’d had big-booted Brits or, heaven forbid, Americans, we would have had doors slammed in our faces’ said Clarence Mitchell, spokesperson for the McCann’s at the time. ‘And it’s quite likely that we could have been charged with hindering the investigation as technically it’s illegal in Portugal to undertake a secondary investigation.''

Meanwhile, Exton was running the surveillance teams in Portugal and often paying his operatives upfront, so would occasionally be out-of-pocket because Halligen had not transferred funds.'


Technically illegal eh Mr. Mitchell?

[Italic text snipped from Mark Hollingsworth - September 2009]

Maybe Exton lost his marbles or maybe he's got an axe to grind with Halligan and/or the McCanns, I seriously don't believe the story published by the Times!
 
ETA:  Oakley International were only established in 2007, just prior to MBM's disappearance and they were only on the case for about six months - 'iffy to say the least.
@ Verdi   It is even worse than that.

The evidence is that Oakley International was formed between June and December 2007 and therefore after Madeleine McCann was reported missing.

It was finally registered only on 12 February 2008.   

Otherwise I agree with all that you say, except perhaps to add that in Henri Exton's case, I would always tend to doubt the word of a man who was once the acknowledged Head of MI5's Covert Intelligence Unit. And especially if he chose to work for fraudster and conman Kevin Halligen - how intelligent a decision was that?? 

Everything that comes out of the mouths of Halligen, Exton and their 'third man', Tim Craig-Harvey with reference to the Madeleine McCann case, is smoke - mirrors - more smoke - more mirrors
Does anyone have the link to the spectacular documentary which depicted the undercover operation of this dynamic team following a bloke in a van in Portugal from his market stall up a dirt road?
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Post by Verdi 05.02.16 15:52

@aquila wrote:  Does anyone have the link to the spectacular documentary which depicted the undercover operation of this dynamic team following a bloke in a van in Portugal from his market stall up a dirt road?

I think this maybe it..

The McCanns and the Conman - Channel 5

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WLAqiisgBBY

The scene is about 18 minutes in.  When you listen to the claims made by Oakley International about their international professional specialist expertise, this video is laughable.

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Post by Liz Eagles 05.02.16 16:07

Verdi wrote:@aquila wrote:  Does anyone have the link to the spectacular documentary which depicted the undercover operation of this dynamic team following a bloke in a van in Portugal from his market stall up a dirt road?

I think this maybe it..

The McCanns and the Conman - Channel 5

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WLAqiisgBBY

The scene is about 18 minutes in.  When you listen to the claims made by Oakley International about their international professional specialist expertise, this video is laughable.
Thanks for the link. Unfortunately it doesn't work - maybe it's been whooshed.

I've found another link that works. Thanks again Verdi.

http://www.channel5.com/shows/the-man-who-conned-the-mccanns/episodes/the-man-who-conned-the-mccanns
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