Article continues below advertisementAuthorities are not giving up on the case of Madeleine McCann despite nearly 19 years having passed since the 3-year-old disappeared while on a family vacation in Portugal in May 2007.While a report revealed the Metropolitan Police team have been approved to continue the investigation for at least one more year, the budget they were given was slashed. This year, they were granted £86,000 (around $113,499 USD) for the search, which is down from 2025's budget of £108,000 ($142,534).