SOS Dignity was conceived by international lawyer, criminologist, photographer and human rights activist Barry Michael Wolfe, with the aim of restoring the dignity of Brazil’s transvestites.
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Barry Michael Wolfe was born in Scotland and has lived in Brazil since 1986. He was educated at Edinburgh University, where he took First Class Honours in Jurisprudence and Criminology. He was a Graduate Fellow at Yale Law School and has a Masters Degree in Public International Law from Magdalene College, Cambridge University.
He is a specialist in criminal organizations and subcultures and is considered an authority on the investigation of corporate and financial crime in Brazil. A former consultant for the Control Risks Group and Director of KPMG Forensic, he has extensive experience in crisis management and incident response, always with the sole objective of protecting the victim, be it a company, a bank or an individual. His cases include several of the largest bank frauds in recent years. In the pharmaceutical sector, he has advised international pharmaceutical companies in relation to counterfeiting and related crimes, in particular involving HIV drugs.
As a lawyer, Wolfe is known for his readiness to take on polemical and often unpopular cases involving injustice against those in a position of disadvantage or unable to protect themselves. In Brazil, such a posture has its price, and has led to SOS Dignity.
Recent cases - Representing victims of the $1bn Banco Santos international bank fraud and money laundering scam.
- Representing the family of the victim in the Raymond Merrill case, a brutal international gang murder, where Wolfe narrowly escaped being a victim himself.
- Lawyer to an international pharmaceutical company.
- Investigated suspected corporate assassination involving corruption in the animal health sector.
- Investigated industrial sabotage in agribusiness multinational.
- Investigated armed robbery, cargo theft and conspiracy to execute an executive in a distribution company.
