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Christian Brückner, the main suspect in Madeleine McCann's 2007 disappearance, was released from a German prison after serving a seven-year sentence for a 2005 rape in Portugal. He remains a suspect, with ongoing investigations by German, Portuguese, and British authorities, despite refusing to be interviewed.
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Christian Brueckner, the main suspect in Madeleine McCann's 2007 disappearance, was released from German prison on September 17, 2025, after serving a seven-year sentence for unrelated crimes. Despite ongoing investigations, authorities lack sufficient evidence to charge him in her case. Brueckner remains under strict conditions, including electronic monitoring.
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On September 30, 2025, Dresden court sentenced Jian Guo, former aide to AfD politician Maximilian Krah, to four years and nine months for spying for Chinese intelligence from 2019 to 2024. Guo passed sensitive EU parliamentary documents and monitored AfD leaders and Chinese dissidents. Krah faces separate corruption probes amid allegations of Chinese ties.