Homejacking

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Homejacking describes a variant of vehicle theft in which the perpetrators break into apartments or houses, take the vehicle keys there and steal the vehicles parked in the garage or nearby using the original key . The aim of the break-in is the theft of motor vehicles - not the temporary unauthorized use for transport purposes and later leaving the vehicle at another location.

This form of crime arose when the theft of vehicles without an original key became difficult because of the immobilizers built into newer car models .

The particular danger of this modus operandi arises from the fact that people can be present in the premises into which the perpetrators break in, so that the crime can easily escalate into robbery .

If motor vehicles are stolen when breaking into car showrooms, this is known as showroom jacking .

term

Homejacking is a bogus Anglicism that is used in several languages, but not in English-speaking countries .

See also

• Burglary protection

Web links

• Kripo Austria - specialist article

Individual evidence

1. ^ [1] Theft from the dealership
2. ↑ [2] The burglaries highlight the growing problem of what the French call "le home jacking" - house-breaking to obtain the keys to steal expensive cars - on the Cote D'Azur.