Madeleine McCann’s disappearance could have links to an international paedophile network, a former investigator fears.

Maddie went missing from her family’s holiday apartment in Portugal’s Praia da Luz 18 years ago. Any searches for her, one as recently as this summer, have led investigators nowhere.

Now a former Belgian official, who led the investigation into the notorious murderer and paedophile Marc Dutroux, has revealed a theory over the disappearance.

Marc Verwilghen, who worked as the Belgian justice minister, told the Sun: ‘I have never had access to the Madeleine McCann files. ‘All I can say is as soon as I heard about the case I had deja vu — because it reminded me straight away of Dutroux.

‘When you look at the case it is of course possible Madeleine was stolen to order. The

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