TOKYO, March 23 (Xinhua) — Japan logged a document variety of 29 commerce secret theft instances in 2022, up six from the earlier 12 months, police knowledge confirmed Thursday.
The determine was practically sixfold from 2013 when the comparable statistics started in Japan, in accordance with the National Police Agency (NPA).
Japanese police made arrests or took different regulation enforcement actions in opposition to 45 folks on suspicion of violating the unfair competitors prevention regulation, down 4 from 2021 however up nearly fourfold from 2013, the information confirmed.
The numbers of instances and suspects involving commerce secret theft are each on the rise as corporations have change into extra conscious of the difficulty and begun to handle inner data extra strictly, the NPA mentioned.