A 1998 National Institute of Justice study reported that 48 percent of 150 research and development companies surveyed had been victims of trade theft . In half the cases, research and development data were the target; in 38 percent of the cases, new technology was the object.
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He was also appointed by the African Union Commission in 2012 as a consultant to Economic Community of West African States ( ECOWAS ) Secretariat on youth development data covering 14 West African countries in compliance with the implementation of the African Union Youth Decade Plan of Action.
