Showroom jacking
Showroom jacking describes a variant of vehicle theft in which the perpetrators break into car dealerships, take the vehicle keys with them and steal vehicles for sale or customer vehicles with the help of the original keys. The aim of the break-in is permanent theft - not just a temporary theft for transport purposes or as a joyride and later leaving the vehicle at another location.
This modus operandi appeared when the theft of motor vehicles without an original key required special knowledge and technology because of the immobilizers built into newer car models .
Modus operandi
The perpetrators are often members of well-organized gangs. After entering the sales rooms, the intruders have to get the keys of the motor vehicle, these are usually kept specially secured there, so tools that are used to open safes have to be carried. Immediately after the crime, the vehicles are taken abroad, for which they are provided with stolen or forged license plates. Mostly luxury vehicles are stolen.
The Organized crime uses this offense to generate revenue .
term
Showroomjacking is a sham Anglicism that is used in several languages, but not in English-speaking countries. It originated from the term carjacking .
Demarcation
If motor vehicles are stolen when a residential building is broken into, one speaks of homejacking . Carjacking is a term used to describe the robbery of vehicles that are in use.
Web links
- Kripo Austria - specialist article
- Showroomjacking - theft from the dealership
- Showroom jacking on the rise