Police comb a vast area of Portugal's Algarve for new evidence in the Madeleine McCann case:::: Atalaia, Portugal:: Three-year-old McCann went missing in 2007 while on holiday with her familyPortuguese and German police on Tuesday (June 3) launched joint searches of a "vast" area in Portugal's southern Algarve region for new evidence related to the 2007 disappearance of three-year-old British child Madeleine McCann.

Portugal’s main national criminal investigation agency said the operation was prompted by a legal order issued by German authorities who are investigating a German man in the case.

Portuguese and German police on Tuesday launched joint searches of a "vast" area in Portugal's southern Algarve region for new evidence related to the 2007 disappearance of three-year-old British child Madeleine McCann.