Dresden Detectives in Cases of Competition Law Violations

With its economy based on future technologies, its role as a research hub, and the establishment of the trade fair and the new congress centre, the city of Dresden – Germany’s “City of Science” in 2006 – represents a significant target for economic crime, particularly competition-related offences. It is not only a company’s own employees who commit acts of fraud, theft and embezzlement against their employer; competitors also regularly attempt to harm rival businesses through industrial espionage and numerous other competition offences in order to gain an illegal advantage for themselves.

 

To uncover such competition-related offences, the detectives of the Kurtz Detective Agency Dresden are happy to act on your behalf: +49 351 41 88 44 70.

Commercial and Industrial Espionage in Silicon Saxony

Silicon Saxony, an industry association of more than 300 forward-looking technology companies from the fields of microelectronics, semiconductor technology and the photovoltaic industry, stands with its striking name as a symbol of intellectual and technological value creation in the greater Dresden area. Universities and research centres are also part of this internationally significant network. Among the best-known members are the semiconductor manufacturers Infineon and Intel, as well as numerous departments of the Fraunhofer Institute and, of course, TU Dresden. The metropolitan area extends from its centre in Dresden via Freiberg and Chemnitz to Bautzen and Görlitz.

 

Most companies are aware that they must actively implement defensive measures against industrial espionage in the form of increased physical security and functional IT security. The risk factor posed by employees, however, is sometimes insufficiently controlled, even though it represents a dangerous loophole for the outflow of information. The commercial investigators of the Kurtz Detective Agency Dresden are specialists in detecting and preventing the leakage of information by a company’s own employees.

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The theft of information within a company – industrial espionage

Violations of Non-Compete Clauses: Disloyal Employees

Employees in management positions who have access to sensitive information are generally subject to non-compete clauses in their employment contracts. This means that they are not permitted to work for direct competitors either during their employment or for an individually defined period after the termination of the employment relationship.

 

Regardless of this, many such employees allow themselves to be tempted into precisely this kind of outside activity, whether due to financial incentives or other motives. In addition to their professional expertise, they are of particular interest to the receiving companies because of their knowledge of internal processes, trade secrets and technological know-how from their former employer.

 

To prove violations of such competition clauses, observation is almost always the investigative method of choice. The detectives of the Kurtz Detective Agency Dresden are reliable experts in this field. Arrange a consultation: +49 351 41 88 44 70.