Police in Portugal have reopened the investigation into the disappearance of Madeleine McCann - five years after the original probe was closed.
The team is said to have had no involvement in that investigation which ended in 2008 and was heavily criticised in the British media.
The new inquiry - which will run alongside the probe by British police - follows an internal review of the case.
Portugal's public prosecutors approved the move following a request from officers in Oporto who have identified witnesses who were never questioned during the original probe, new lines of inquiry and a number of issues they want to clarify.
A spokesman for the Attorney General's office said in a statement: "The Public Ministry has determined the reopening of the inquiry relating to the disappearance of Madeleine McCann following a request from the Policiia Judiciaria."
Kate and Gerry McCann believe their daughter is still alive Madeleine McCann's parents Kate and Gerry said they were "very pleased" at the decision by Portuguese authorities and hoped that it would uncover "the answers we so desperately need".
"We hope that this will finally lead to her being found and to the discovery of whoever is responsible for this crime," the couple said in a statement.
"We once again urge any member of the public who may have information relating to Madeleine's abduction to contact the police in Portugal or the UK.
"Please be patient and respect the work of the police as they endeavour to find the answers we so desperately need."
Detective Chief Inspector Andy Redwood, who is leading the Scotland Yard team, also welcomed the move as "good news".
"Combined with the formal reopening of the Portuguese investigation today, and our ever closer working relationship, I believe that we have the best opportunity yet to finally understand what happened to Madeleine."
Sky's Martin Brunt said: "This of course is what Madeleine McCann's parents have always wanted.
"They were very disappointed when it was shelved after 15 months - after their daughter disappeared - the investigation having got nowhere.
"They were distraught at that, have argued ever since that it should be reopened and now they have got that wish."
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