Detectives hunting for Madeleine McCann have exposed a child pornography network operating in Spain, it was revealed today.
Thirteen people have been arrested in a police operation sparked by the search for the missing youngster.Barcelona-based private detectives Metodo 3 were hired by Gerry and Kate McCann to help find Madeleine six months after she vanished. Three months into their investigation they received an anonymous email saying the toddler appeared in a child porn video being distributed on the Internet.
The team, lead by agency director Francisco Marco, tracked down the images but discovered Madeleine did not appear among them. They reported their finding´s to Spain´s National Police who launched an operation to hunt down the paedophiles distributing the videos.
Armed police launched a series of raids across Spain last month and arrested 13 people. Ten more are being formally investigated by a judge at a Barcelona court, who is overseeing the police operation.
