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The Maltese Mobsters who Ruled London's Empire of Vice

2023/8/29
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Sean Williams: 本期播客主要讲述梅西纳家族及其在伦敦的犯罪活动,以及他们如何控制伦敦的性产业,并与警方勾结。他们通过欺诈、贿赂和暴力手段获得统治地位,最终被新一代马耳他黑帮和阿尔巴尼亚黑帮取代。 Danny Gold: 对马耳他黑帮在伦敦的活动和影响进行了补充说明和评论,并对相关历史事件和社会背景进行了分析。 叙述者: 详细描述了梅西纳家族从西西里岛到马耳他再到埃及,最后到伦敦的发展历程,以及他们在各个地方的犯罪活动,包括控制妓院、赌场等。同时,叙述者还讲述了汤米·史密森的故事,以及他与梅西纳家族和其他马耳他黑帮之间的恩怨情仇。 Sean Williams: 介绍了马耳他的地理位置和历史,以及其在现代犯罪活动中的作用,特别是与意大利黑手党和俄罗斯黑帮的联系。他还提到了记者达芙妮·卡鲁阿纳·加利齐亚的遇刺事件,以及马耳他的政治和司法腐败问题。 Sean Williams: 详细描述了战后伦敦的社会环境和犯罪活动,以及梅西纳家族如何利用战后的混乱和美国大兵的涌入,来扩张他们的性产业。他还讲述了梅西纳家族与伦敦警方的勾结,以及他们如何通过房地产洗钱。 Sean Williams: 讲述了Frank Mifsud领导的马耳他黑帮如何接管梅西纳家族的势力范围,以及他们与克雷兄弟等其他黑帮的合作。他还描述了马耳他黑帮与警方的勾结,以及最终被阿尔巴尼亚黑帮取代的过程。

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The Messina family, originally from Sicily, migrated through Malta and North Africa before settling in 1930s London. They quickly gained control over brothels and gambling dens, using violence and corruption to dominate the city's underworld.

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The Messina family came from Sicily, then Malta and North Africa, before settling in 1930s London—whose underworld was about to be supercharged by wartime blackouts and love-lorn American G.I.s.

They would soon control an empire of brothels and gambling dens in the British capital, conning, bribing and killing their way to gangland dominance. And while the Messinas' flame died in the early 60s, their mantle would be taken up by a new generation of Maltese mobsters, whose legacy lasted until the 21st century arrival of another viceland behemoth: the Albanians.

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