The five sturdy sons of Giuseppe Messina were dependable boys, and each went into the family business: prostitution. At first they were successful in a small way, with a chain of North African brothels. But when they aimed at bigger things, there was trouble: Salvatore Messina was jailed in Egypt for six months, and when the other brothers—Alfredo, Eugene, Attilio, Carmello—tried to set up houses in France, Spain and Italy, they ran afoul of competitors and the law.
Pimps & Panders. In 1934 Eugene Messina, describing himself as a merchant, traveled to London to...
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