Austria moves to ban Nazi license plate messages "The far-right scene keeps developing new codes," ministry spokeswoman Andrea Heigl said. "The legislative branch must watch out for these trends." ...

Symbols and phrases that were banned in Austria include SS (Schutzstaffel), NSDAP (Nazi Party), HJ (Hitler Jugend) and 74, a number representing the pan-Germanic state.

Austria is cracking down on personalised number plates used by neo-Nazis, by banning lesser-known codes with hidden far-right symbolism. Letter combinations such as HJ or NS - denoting Hitler ...

Austria has launched a new crackdown on the use of hidden neo-Nazi codes in personalised car number plates. The country has ordered a complete ban on combinations such as SS, Nazi, or HJ (for ...