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.

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Afghanistan’s Bitter Future

December 31, 2014 by Frank Vogl in Corruption

The United States has spent $104 billion on reconstruction in Afghanistan over the last 13 years. Approximately $62 billion of this total has been used to support the Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF).

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December 31, 2014 /Frank Vogl /Source
Afghanistan
Corruption
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The Hard Facts of Global Corruption Action

December 23, 2014 by Frank Vogl in Corruption, Global Economy

It takes two to tango to rob national treasuries and undermine global commerce: the government officials and politicians who take the bribes and, of course, the corporations who pay the bribes.

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December 23, 2014 /Frank Vogl /Source
OECD, Russia, Brazil, CPI, Transparency International
Corruption, Global Economy
Comment

Corruption Data Must be Wake Up Call to World Bank and UN

December 23, 2014 by Frank Vogl in Corruption, Global Economy, Public Sector Governance

A new global survey of corruption published by Transparency International (TI) shows an all-too-familiar picture of deep and far-reaching abuse of government positions by politicians and officials for their personal gain. More than two-thirds of the 175 countries covered by the survey show very high levels of corruption.

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December 23, 2014 /Frank Vogl /Source
OECD, United Nations, World Bank, CPI, Transparency International
Corruption, Global Economy, Public Sector Governance
1 Comment

Urgently Needed: New Efforts to Protect Anti-Corruption Civil Society Activists

November 17, 2014 by Frank Vogl in Accountability, Corporate Governance, Politics

"With impunity there cannot be peace," says Carlos Hernández, Director in Honduras of the Asociación para una Sociedad Mas Justa (the Honduran national chapter of Transparency International). Carlos calmly talks about the endless waves of murders in his country, the rising numbers of contract killers and the intense efforts that he and his colleagues are making to find constructive ways to work with the police, the judiciary and, more broadly, with the general public to curb corruption and find a path to justice and stability. 

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November 17, 2014 /Frank Vogl
Honduras, Obama, Civil Society, Activists, Corruption
Accountability, Corporate Governance, Politics
Comment

G20 Needs to Boost Banking Supervison - Five Major Banks Pay Fines for Currency Manipulation

November 12, 2014 by Frank Vogl in Corporate Governance, Corruption, Global Economy, Employment

 

On the eve of the Group of 20 Summit in Brisbane, Australia, a group of the world’s biggest banks have agreed to pay $4.2 billion in fines to U.K., U.S. and Swiss authorities to settle charges that they fixed international currency markets over many years.

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November 12, 2014 /Frank Vogl /Source
G20, Banking, Foreign Exchange
Corporate Governance, Corruption, Global Economy, Employment
Comment

To Boost Exports Many Governments Ignore Corporate Bribe-Paying

November 03, 2014 by Frank Vogl in Corruption

Important trading powers, such as Japan, the Netherlands, South Korea and Brazil, are failing to enforce national laws that call for criminal prosecution of companies from their countries that bribe foreign government officials and politicians.

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November 03, 2014 /Frank Vogl
OECD, Transparency, Corruption, Anti-Corruption Agencies, Exports, Bribery
Corruption
Comment

Brave Chinese Anti-Corruption Reporter Wins Big

September 26, 2014 by Frank Vogl in Corruption

It took enormous courage in 2012 for a Chinese reporter to go into print to expose one of the Chinese Communist Party's most senior officials for taking bribes and building a fortune by abusing his public office. Reporter Luo Changping did just that and, as a result, on September 24, 2014, Liu Tienan, the former deputy head of the National Reform and Development Commission, pleaded guilty in a trial in the northern province of Hebei.

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September 26, 2014 /Frank Vogl /Source
Integrity Award, China, Transparency International
Corruption
Comment

"No Impunity" Needs to be the Rule for Corrupt Politicians and Corporations

September 24, 2014 by Frank Vogl in Corporate Governance, Corporate Social Responsibility, Corruption, Global Economy, News


Finance Ministers of the Group of 20 leading global economies agreed to take measures against tax avoidance by giant global corporations at their meeting in Australia on September 20. This now needs to be seen by the G20 as a stepping stone towards far tougher and meaningful actions against illegal tax evaders, corrupt corporations and financial institutions that launder money for corrupt officials, politicians, criminal organizations and businesses.

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September 24, 2014 /Frank Vogl /Source
Al-Bashir, BNP Paribas, Sudan, Ukraine, Wal-Mart, Money Laundering, Transparency International
Corporate Governance, Corporate Social Responsibility, Corruption, Global Economy, News
Comment

China’s XI Follows the Anti-Corruption Text Book, But Still Has a Way to Go

August 30, 2014 by Frank Vogl in Corruption

President Xi Jinping of China is following the textbook to the letter in his determined efforts to fight corruption. His guru could well be Professor Robert Klitgaard, a distinguished American academic, now at Claremont Graduate University in California.

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August 30, 2014 /Frank Vogl /Source
Corruption
Comment

World Bank's Record of Sanctioning Corrupt Firms Impresses

August 12, 2014 by Frank Vogl in Corruption

World Bank president Jim Yong Kim says,"Each dollar lost to corruption is a dollar stolen from a pregnant woman who needs health care; or from a girl or boy who deserves an education; or from communities that need roads and clean water."

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August 12, 2014 /Frank Vogl
World Bank, Global, Business, Corruption, Sanctions, Foreign Aid
Corruption
Comment

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Faces Mounting Pressure to Act on Oil, Gas, Mining Global Transparency

June 12, 2014 by Frank Vogl in Corporate Governance, Corporate Social Responsibility, Corruption, Global Economy, NGOs

The American Petroleum Institute (API), the powerhouse lobbying group for the oil industry, is pushing hard for actions that are not only explicitly against the interests of investors, but that bolster corrupt regimes in many foreign countries, such as in Nigeria and Angola and Venezuela.

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June 12, 2014 /Frank Vogl
API, EITI, oil, SEC, Civil Society, Corruption, Gas, Extractive Industries, Mining
Corporate Governance, Corporate Social Responsibility, Corruption, Global Economy, NGOs
Comment

Building Anti-Corruption Agencies In The African Commonwealth

June 05, 2014 by Frank Vogl in Corporate Social Responsibility, Corruption, Global Economy, NGOs, News

Anti-Corruption Agencies (ACAs) have been established in increasing numbers of countries in recent years and have complemented the efforts by public prosecutors and the judiciary to curb corruption in their countries. Are they making a difference?

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June 05, 2014 /Frank Vogl /Source
Commonwealth, Africa, Transparency International, Anti-Corruption Agencies
Corporate Social Responsibility, Corruption, Global Economy, NGOs, News
1 Comment

KIEV: US Vice President Biden Talks Bluntly About Corruption

May 07, 2014 by Frank Vogl in Corruption, Global Economy, Public Sector Governance

When countries are in acute difficulties and turn to the United States for support, then they do not expect to be publicly rebuked for corruption. Now, Vice President Joe Biden on a visit to Ukraine has done just this and it may signify a change in U.S. foreign policy approaches to dealing with kleptocratic regimes.

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May 07, 2014 /Frank Vogl
Politics, President Obama, Ukraine, Vice President Biden
Corruption, Global Economy, Public Sector Governance
Comment

Ukraine's Financial Overthrow

March 23, 2014 by Frank Vogl in Corruption, Global Economy, NGOs, News

Despite all the swagger of Russia's Putin and the pro-Russian sentiments of many citizens of Ukraine living in Crimea, the people of Ukraine remain angry about the staggering sums of cash allegedly stolen from them by the country's former government leaders and their cronies.

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March 23, 2014 /Frank Vogl
IMF, Ukraine, Banking, Theft
Corruption, Global Economy, NGOs, News
Comment

Avon’s Alleged Foreign Bribes Spell Trouble

February 16, 2014 by Frank Vogl in Corporate Governance, Corporate Social Responsibility, Corruption, News

The image of the serene Avon Lady calling on charming housewives to sell beauty products is being replaced by a picture of hardened Avon executives across the developing world paying bribes to build their business.This is not a trivial matter. Avon is in trouble.

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February 16, 2014 /Frank Vogl
Department of Justice, SEC, Business, Graft
Corporate Governance, Corporate Social Responsibility, Corruption, News
Comment

Who Cares About the Law -- We Just Want to Make Money, Says Chase

January 25, 2014 by Frank Vogl in Corporate Governance, Corporate Social Responsibility, Corruption, Global Economy, NGOs, Public Sector Governance, News, Employment

Wall Street's trumpets blasted in full force from the top of America's largest bank today to declare: all we care about is making money, even if that means breaking the law at times.

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January 25, 2014 /Frank Vogl /Source
Corporate Governance, Corporate Social Responsibility, Corruption, Global Economy, NGOs, Public Sector Governance, News, Employment
1 Comment

Why Top Bankers Evaded Justice

January 17, 2014 by Frank Vogl in Corporate Governance, Corporate Social Responsibility, Corruption, News, Employment

Across the world people have been asking why none of America’s top bankers went to jail for the crimes that caused the 2008 financial crisis.  A leading New York judge now provides disturbing answers and underscores that none of the key bankers who caused the crisis will ever be criminally prosecuted.

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January 17, 2014 /Frank Vogl
2008 crisis, Wall Street, Crime, Impunity, Finance
Corporate Governance, Corporate Social Responsibility, Corruption, News, Employment
Comment

Stop Corruption - Anger to Rise in 2014

December 25, 2013 by Frank Vogl in Corporate Governance, Corporate Social Responsibility, Corruption, NGOs, Public Sector Governance, US Politics, News, Employment

Across the world people are angry with politicians and public officials, and with bankers too.

* Trust is broken. A host of opinion polls tell a blunt story. Public approval of the United States Congress has recently slumped to a single figure -- 9 percent, says Gallup.

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December 25, 2013 /Frank Vogl /Source
Congress, India, Politics, Turkey, Corruption, Transparency International
Corporate Governance, Corporate Social Responsibility, Corruption, NGOs, Public Sector Governance, US Politics, News, Employment
Comment

Anti-Corruption is Marching Ahead

December 19, 2013 by Frank Vogl in Corporate Governance, Corruption, Global Economy, News

Across the globe the call -- "End Corruption" -- is ringing loud. In the bitter cold of Ukraine's capital, Kiev, tens of thousands of citizens are demonstrating against the government of president Viktor Yanukovych. The protesters declared: "Out with the bandits!"

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December 19, 2013 /Frank Vogl /Source
Angola, Beijing, Integrity, Kiev, New Delhi, Transparency, Corruption, Brazil
Corporate Governance, Corruption, Global Economy, News
Comment

Key Challenges Emerge in the Changing Landscape of Corporate Corruption

October 16, 2013 by Frank Vogl in Corporate Governance, Corporate Social Responsibility, Corruption, Global Economy, Employment

Corporations engaged in international business are facing formidable anti-corruption challenges. U.S. and other Western companies face the dual pressures of looming ever larger on the screens of official and media investigators, while on the other hand they find that winning big foreign deals is increasingly more difficult because of the rise of unscrupulous competitors.

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October 16, 2013 /Frank Vogl
Corporate Governance, Corporate Social Responsibility, Corruption, Global Economy, Employment
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