Frank Vogl

Anti-Corruption • Ethics & Integrity

Frank has been engaged with global economics, banking, governance and anti-corruption for more than 40 years, as a journalist, as a World Bank senior official, as an anti-corruption civil society leader, and as a top level advisor to financial institutions. Frank is President of Vogl Communications, Inc., which has provided advice to leaders of international finance for more than two decades.

Deutsche Bank’s Culture Wars

February 11, 2017 by Frank Vogl in Money Laundering

Major fines for money laundering have added to a once great bank's troubles - Deutsche Bank is now in shambles. Restoring its culture of integrity is the key to its revival.

Prosecuting the Bankers - Key Moves in US Politics

July 30, 2016 by Frank Vogl in Corruption, Money Laundering

Surprisingly, both leaders of US Democrats and Republicans agree that the top executives at the biggest banks should no longer be "too big to jail." News developments related to HSBC and Goldman Sachs underscore the key issues.

NATIONAL GOVERNMENTS: CORRUPTED SYSTEMATICALLY?

June 21, 2016 by Frank Vogl in Corruption, Global Economy, Money Laundering, Politics, State Department, Transparency, Violence

In Afghanistan’s northeastern province of Badakhshan, two rival warlords – both allegedly with ties to the Taliban – are competing to control the illegal mining and smuggling of the valuable lapis lazuli mineral.