explain to me why when the police are facing cuts should resources be taken away from this country at considerable expense to deal with an isolated case within the context of protugal? where the policing seemed well...
would it not have been better to focus on a more current case here in UK ... for the benefit of local response to these situations... OR focus on a case in a country where british children have a habit of disappearing? there are a few i'm sure and i'm pretty sure that the coverage is a little more silent....
ecu, Spain and Portugal are possibly the most popular destinations for Brits to go for holidays, so there are likely to be as many abductions from one of these countries as anywhere else. To review how our police liaise with such police forces is therefore important especially since their policing seems rather ... (as you put it) - after all, it isn't only abductions that they might be involved in.
I'm not sure of the figures, but a large amount of work carried out by UK police actually impacts on cases that exist elsewhere. As we become an ever-increasing global village, so more and more international crime impacts on us and our neighbours.