Editing Carjacking (section)

==Truck carjacking==
[[Commercial vehicle]]s such as trucks and [[Armored car (valuables)|armored cars]] may be targets of carjacking attempts.<ref name="Texas">{{cite web |url=http://www.tdi.state.tx.us/pubs/videoresource/fsprotecttrucks.pdf |title=Truck Hijacking Prevention Fact Sheet |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110717020826/http://www.tdi.state.tx.us/pubs/videoresource/fsprotecttrucks.pdf |archive-date=2011-07-17 |url-status=dead |publisher=[[Texas Department of Insurance]]}}</ref> Such carjackings may be aimed at stealing cargo,<ref name="Texas"/> such as liquor, cigarettes, valuable goods, [[consumer electronics]] or even [[controlled substance|drugs]].<ref name="BeckerDutelle">Ronald F. Becker & Aric W. Dutelle, ''Criminal Investigation'' (4th ed.: Jones & Bartlett, 2013), p. 303.</ref> In other cases, a carjacked truck may be used to commit another crime, such as robbery or a [[terrorist attack]].<ref name="Texas"/>

Knowledge of the location of a truck carrying valuable cargo often requires inside information, and sometimes truck drivers collude with truck carjackers to facilitate the truck carjacking.<ref name="BeckerDutelle"/> This crime is often perpetuated by [[organized crime]] operations or by career criminals, or by a collaboration between the two.<ref>Frank E. Hagan, ''Introduction to Criminology: Theories, Methods, and Criminal Behavior'' (6th ed.: SAGE Publications, 2008), p. 287.</ref> In particular, [[American Mafia|La Cosa Nostra]] has been known to orchestrate the carjacking of trucks (at locations such as [[John F. Kennedy Airport|Kennedy Airport]] in which a truck driver under Mafia influence allows carjackers to steal the truck).<ref>Carl Sifakis, ''The Mafia Encyclopedia'' (3d ed.: Facts on File: 2005), p. 195.</ref><ref>Jay S. Albanese, ''Organized Crime in Our Times'' (6th ed. 2011: Routledge, 2015 ed.), pp. 202-03.</ref>