Our great Friend and inspiring Colleague Andreas Frank has passed away

Wednesday 26 Jun 2024

…this week, suddenly, of an embolism, at home
near Stuttgart, while working on his computer (on his 48th wedding anniversary)
on his favorite project — fighting hard to get the
EU + German gov authorities to finally crack down on
Intl money laundering, organized crime, and dirty banks and politicians.
Andreas was one of the first to warn about  the direct threat that dirty money posed to democracy. After a successful career at Goldman Sachs, he spent years lobbying and writing and litigating to get tough AML
laws not only enacted but enforced against giant banks like UBS,  Credit Suisse, HSBC, Deutsche, Pictet, and Goldman itself. He was one of the most determined champions of tax justice and the rule of law I’ve ever known.
In 2015 Andreas led a team of John Christensen, Ralph Nader, Paul Morjanoff, Bart Naylor, and myself to try and get the US DOL to ban the serially convicted tax felon Credit Suisse from advising US pension funds. We produced a day long hearing in DC that was attended by dozens of bank lobbyist and attorneys. It was eye opening, but we failed — CS and its lead attorney Chris Wray (now FBI Director since 2017) got a 5 year waiver.
In 2019 they somehow got another waiver. In 2021-22, as Andreas and our team had warned, CS got convicted of another financial fraud, and were finally ejected by DOL. Then their reputation was so damaged that they had to be rescued from bankruptcy by the Swiss Government, which merged them into UBS — another serial convict.
In Fall 2023, partly guided by Andreas’ wisdom, DOL finally adopted most of the tighter regulations that we had proposed. But the battle with the “bad banks” has continued  right up to now — in the EU, the US, and influential posh havens like the UAE and Mauritius and the Isle of Jersey.
Through all this, Mr Andreas Frank never lost hope or determination. Instead he gave it to others. He used to call me every week with a report from the front, good or bad. He was especially insightful about the connection between the return of fascism in Europe and the US, and the role of organized financial crime —a connection that we now see infecting every key democracy. He kept beating this drum until I finally understood how right he was.
Now suddenly he is gone. I am devastated.
But  Andreas  would not want us to skip a beat or waste a minute. Especially not in these perilous times, with the wolves at the door and every single precious value we hold dear up for grabs — once again.  If we want to honor Andreas, I know he’d prefer that we just put our heads down and try to keep on organizing for a better world.
Dear Andreas, our brother. You live on in our hearts.

Es tut mir so leid. Ruhe in Frieden.

James S. Henry, Esq.
Global Justice Fellow, Yale U.
https://globaljustice.yale.edu
Member, NY Bar (1979-)
Coop Att., ACLU/NYCLU
Sr Advisor, TJN (2005-22)
Bd, Amnesty USA (2020-21)
Contrib Ed, Amer Interest (2013-21)
Poynter Prize (Yale, 2019)
Edward R. Murrow Fellow (Fletcher, 2010-11)
Sr Fellow, Col. U Center on Sustainable Invest. (2014-22)

Dear James, Friends and all his Colleagues in his Fight against AML/CFT

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Thank you for your honorable Obituary.

Our hearts are broken, and your words are balm for our souls.

Soon we will publish his latest report. He was working until his last breath on a comprehensive report with hundreds of documents.

We will continue the group www.UAML.org “United Against Money Laundering” under the leadership of Prof James S. Henry.
UNITED AGAINST MONEY LAUNDERING

Instead of flowers, please donate to the Pforzheim animal shelter or Rottweiler (Rotti) in need.
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Andreas Frank, born on 24.08.1951, died on 26.06.2024

  • You were a husband with whom it was never boring. www.uaml.org
  • You were a father who was always a great role model for me.
  • You were a father who inspired me.
  • You were a grandfather who explored the forest with us at night with oil lamps
    and made the best “Spätzle” in the world.
  • You were a reliable friend.

– You were a freedom fighter

  • Since the 1990s, you have been arguing with German chancellors so that they
    to do more in the fight against drug money from criminals.
  • As an individual citizen, you initiated infringement proceedings
    Infringement proceedings against Germany because Germany has not
    implemented the applicable money laundering laws.
  • You have lodged a complaint with the Federal Constitutional Court because
    German governments are jeopardising the health and freedom of citizens
    and the freedom of citizens through their inaction.
  • You have filed a criminal complaint against a prime minister because he
    not taking action against criminal money.
  •  In 2022, you wrote the book “Dirty Money”, in which you describe the
    describe the dangers of this political failure for democracy.
    are described.
  • You have been attacked, threatened and slandered by your opponents because of your fight and vilified by your opponents.
  • You died too soon.
    At your desk, fighting for freedom and the rule of law.

We will miss you.
His Sons and wife Dagmar
Grandchildren

Andreas with CoCo

and Cami

Kaempfer gegen Korruption ist tot.
PZ / 10. July 2023