In the meantime, a family liaison officer had been appointed to help Mr Hiles's family and update them as to how the investigation abroad was getting along.

BBC: Wales

They include allegations relating to irregular use of a force credit card, trips abroad and allegedly obstructing a criminal investigation.

BBC: Sean Price

He said he did not mention the fact that he was in Russia at the time, and it appeared that those involved in the original investigation had assumed that he would not have been abroad.

BBC: Water tap

The investigation's collapse means that Congo will get little help from abroad in the near future.

ECONOMIST: New Congo, same old ways

The statement, issued through the Missing Abroad charity, said Mrs Mills-Westley's family had been reassured the Spanish investigation was being handled effectively and that justice would be served.

BBC: Family of woman beheaded in Tenerife issues statement

Mr. Obama said that if prostitution allegations prove true, Secret Service agents now under investigation will have failed to meet the high standards expected for U.S. personnel traveling abroad.

WSJ: Secret Service to Get a Closer Look

She has been directing the Center of Journalism and Investigation (Santiago, Chile) since 2007, while conducting workshops on investigative journalism in Chile and abroad.

UNESCO: CULTURE