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<\/a><\/p>\nHijackings are low in the evening and early hours of the morning, and start increasing at 06h00 due to motorists leaving home for work, which then stabilises during the course of the day.<\/p>\n Brussow said that modus operandi and the trends highlighted in the 2016 report don’t change because they are still incredibly effective as proven by the statistics.<\/p>\n “Once a few attacks take place in a specific location, police activity increases and the criminals move to the next spot,” said Brussow.<\/p>\n “It\u2019s a continuing trend. Times also show no significant change, although many attacks have occurred in broad daylight over the last two years.”<\/p>\n Brussow said that criminals have also become increasingly\u00a0\u201cwindgat\u201d, due to unsuccessful crime prevention.<\/p>\n Modus operandi<\/strong><\/p>\n Unusual trends tend to appear and disappear very quickly – likely because they are fake, said Brussow.<\/p>\n “In many of these so-called unusual trends, it is ‘old news’ or fake news resurfacing again after a few years of being spread around on social media,” she said.<\/p>\n “Their MO yields great success and the professional syndicates run it as a business. What has changed is the violence associated with the crime … violence has definitely increased,” she said.<\/p>\n The NHPA outlines the following as a typical modus operandi used by hijackers:<\/p>\n<\/a>The majority of hijackings still occur on a Friday as this is the day that motorists are most likely to be relaxed.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n\n
\nareas with accessible escape routes.<\/li>\n
\nthe filling station with the objective to hijack your vehicle where it is quiet.<\/li>\n