It was, sent to the prtuguese govt for their obssevations in Jan.. It has to go back and forth a few times and each exchange takes about three months. The wheels are in motion
Think its what most people think....seems what wolt says - is water of a ducks back
Gonçalo Amaral: Today I learned that the German prosecutor has stated, if indeed he has affirmed it, that we performed inefficiently and that they (Germans) can do in a weeks time the work that we, the Portuguese police, have done in six months of investigation. Of what he accuses us, I can only say, for my part not as in charge of the police, but for my part as a citizen, as the coordinator of the Judiciary Police at that time, as a the person that was in charge of the men and women that gave everything to find this child and to know what happened to her, we can only say to that gentleman, to the prosecutor: Get over yourself! (i.e. know your place) and be ware that here in Portugal we are very aware of what is being said. Donkey's voices don't reach the heavens (i.e. similar to the British idiomatic expression "like water off a duck's back"), not even his.
https://sicnoticias.pt/especiais/caso-maddie---10-anos/2021-10-13-Goncalo-Amaral-lanca-novo-livro-sobre-Maddie-927f1efa