Abstract: A locking apparatus for securing a cargo compartment of a motor vehicle, the cargo compartment including a cargo compartment lid that moves away from the body of the motor vehicle to allow access to the interior of the cargo compartment, the cargo compartment lid having an interior surface within the cargo compartment, and the motor vehicle body having an interior surface within the interior of the cargo compartment, the locking apparatus including a first plate member for attachment to the interior surface of the cargo compartment lid, a first loop member, a mechanism for fixedly attaching the first loop member to the first plate member in at least two orientations, the at least two orientations being transverse with respect to one another, a second plate member for attachment to the interior surface of the motor vehicle body, a second loop member, and a mechanism for fixedly attaching the second loop member to the second plate member in at least two orientations, the at least two orientations being transver