Madeleine McCann was smuggled out of Portugal by a paedophile ring and could be in the U.S, a detective has claimed. Marcelino Italiano believes Maddie may have been kidnapped by the gang in May 2007 and snuck out of Portugal after the three-year-old went missing during a family holiday. Sightings of Maddie have been reported in North America, Tasmania and Dubai since her disappearance and now Portuguese police and private investigators are looking into the new claims. (Daily Mail)