I do not disagree that it is very possible that Bruckner was involved in the abduction, but my opinion is that it was an elite mastermind planned abduction and a team was commissioned to carry it out.
It seems likely to me that Bruckner was the team leader and directed the whole 'operation'. But that is just a possibility with a few pointers, which may or may not carry water.
Good that any prosecutions can carry on in the UK (or Germany) if the PT date goes past. Thanks Dave for that info.
I see links between Madeleines disappearance, the Joana Cipriano abduction, and the attempted abduction of Carolina Santos. I believe that the elite mastermind attempted to abduct Carolina himself and was vey nearly caught.
Acutely aware of the dangers after this, he decided to use Bruckner and a team he scrambled to do the dirty work in Madeleines case imo.
Could be wrong but these are my musings and there are links. Work them out !
I think it quite likely that the elite mastermind that I talked about, has kept a very low profile and it is possible that whoever ran the abduction team (was it possibly Bruckner?) on site, has probably never ever met or spoken to him.
The whole operation being sectionalised into cells with no-one knowing anything about the next cell up. To protect the elite bosses.
Only my thoughts, but a good deal going for them unless you can prove otherwise.
Now, I must get on