擒賊先擒王：論美國《經濟間諜法》之共謀犯

Catch the Crime Leader to Secure Crime Crackdown: An Analysis of Criminal Conspiracy Under the United States’ Economic Espionage Act

本文意在討論營業秘密法如何能有效打擊竊取行為的首腦。本文從國內案例出發，該案例顯示檢方必須耗費相當心力才能將竊取營業秘密之幫眾首腦繩之以法。進而，本文引薦美國聯邦《經濟間諜法》的「共謀犯」規定，並介紹涉及中國的計畫性科技情報蒐集行為之經濟間諜案例，即United States v. Xu, 114 F.4th 829（6th Cir. 2024）。期望國內能借鏡美國法經驗，並修法以引入共謀犯制度，藉此優化執法效率。

This article aims at discussing how to make it effective to counter a criminal master behind a plot of trade secret misappropriation. This article starts with a Taiwan case where the prosecutors made a huge effort to put a criminal master in prison. Then, this article introduces the concept of criminal conspiracy under the U.S. Economic Espionage Act (“EEA”) and analyzes a recent EEA case involving technology information gathering of spy operations, United States v. Xu, 114 F.4th 829 (6th Cir. 2024). This article suggests that Taiwan may learn something from the U.S. approach and introduce criminal conspiracy into the Taiwan Trade Secrets Act to perfect the efficiency of the law enfor.