http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=15&art_id=vn20071010035644498C993919
The Independent [South Africa]
10 October 2007
Crooks show their colours with coded clues
Hanti Otto
[Pretoria police suspect that "house robbers use certain colours to mark targets to inform their accomplices that a house has been identified and what to expect when breaking into the house." A spokesman for the National Hijack Prevention Academy claims that some objects used to mark houses are "red rope, white stones, plastic bags tied to trees, grass knotted in a bundle, pieces of metal or plastic, flattened milk bottles or Creme Soda and Coke cans."]
http://www.thestar.co.za/index.php?fSectionId=225&fArticleId=192321
The Star [South Africa]
22 July 2003
On the verge of crime
A scary development or urban legend? That's the question hanging over a claim that criminals may be using litter to "signpost" houses as targets for robbery. [...]
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/west_midlands/4818578.stm
BBC News [UK]
17 March 2006
Chalk symbols are an urban myth
Symbols chalked on walls to tell thieves if a house is worth raiding or not seems to be an urban myth. [...]
The Independent [South Africa]
10 October 2007
Crooks show their colours with coded clues
Hanti Otto
[Pretoria police suspect that "house robbers use certain colours to mark targets to inform their accomplices that a house has been identified and what to expect when breaking into the house." A spokesman for the National Hijack Prevention Academy claims that some objects used to mark houses are "red rope, white stones, plastic bags tied to trees, grass knotted in a bundle, pieces of metal or plastic, flattened milk bottles or Creme Soda and Coke cans."]
http://www.thestar.co.za/index.php?fSectionId=225&fArticleId=192321
The Star [South Africa]
22 July 2003
On the verge of crime
A scary development or urban legend? That's the question hanging over a claim that criminals may be using litter to "signpost" houses as targets for robbery. [...]
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/west_midlands/4818578.stm
BBC News [UK]
17 March 2006
Chalk symbols are an urban myth
Symbols chalked on walls to tell thieves if a house is worth raiding or not seems to be an urban myth. [...]
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