Private detectives hunt for Maddy
Updated on 24 September 2007
The McCann family have hired a private detective firm to help them track down their missing daughter.
Control Risks Group is the company being brought in to help with the search, an agency which is known for its former SAS and military personnel.
The firm are specialists on kidnapping, and hostage situations.
Kate and Gerry McCann are concerned that the focus of the police investigation in Praia de Luz has shifted away from searching for Madeleine.
Meanwhile a report in today's Daily Express suggests that Portuguese police believe that Kate and Gerry McCann could be using their seven friends as a cover for whatever happened to Madeleine.
The paper predicts that they may now all be named as official suspects in the investigation.
