Empirical figures show that, especially in recent years, the frequency of industrial and economic espionage, and consequently its dangers and negative impact, has increased greatly worldwide. This has impacted not only the individual victims of the infringement of trade secrets, but also the national and global economies at large. This espionage cannot be tackled effectively through uncoordinated, stand-alone-actions of individual countries anymore. Instead, the global community must take a more holistic view and find universally acceptable strategies and standards, looking for best practices through the lens of comparative law. The paper compares and contrasts the legal approaches to the criminalisation of economic and industrial espionage in Switzerland and Austria. It aims to show the similarities and differences and to identify the strengths and weaknesses of each jurisdiction. The results are meant to enrich and to contribute to the discussions regarding efficient and commonly acceptable solutions to fighting economic and industrial espionage.

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通过刑法打击工业和经济间谍活动：从奥地利和瑞士吸取的教训

经验数据表明，特别是近年来，工业和经济间谍活动的频率及其危险和负面影响在全球范围内大幅增加。这不仅影响了侵犯商业机密的个体受害者，而且影响了整个国家和全球经济。这种间谍活动无法再通过个别国家不协调的、独立的行动来有效解决。相反，全球社会必须采取更全面的观点，找到普遍接受的战略和标准，通过比较法的视角寻找最佳实践。本文比较和对比了瑞士和奥地利对经济和工业间谍定罪的法律方法。它旨在显示异同，并确定每个司法管辖区的优势和劣势。结果旨在丰富和促进有关打击经济和工业间谍活动的有效和普遍可接受的解决方案的讨论。