WASHINGTON (TrustLaw) – Frank Vogl, a founding member of Transparency International and author of a new book “Waging War Against Corruption”, says the building blocks are in place to conquer corruption. But he warns against complacency and calls upon civil society groups to aggressively monitoring public funds and for the World Bank to stop financing corrupt governments.
In his own words - Frank Vogl on corruption
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