Sanremo. He later married Maria Theresa Vervaere on 12 March 1970 and died the same day. Alfredo Messina died in Brentford in 1963. The remaining brother, Salvatore Messina, went into hiding and was never apprehended. Messina brothers laid the foundation for Maltese gangsters, pimps and criminals in Soho that followed. See also Charles Sabini (leader of the Sabini gang, which once operated in Clerkenwell). References Sources Devito, Carlo (2005) Encyclopedia of International Organized Crime. New York: Facts On File, Inc. Morton James (6 Nov 2008) Gangland Soho, Publisher: Piatkus, 2008. Keith Dovkants (18 December 2002)Soho's Russian vice lords, Evening Standard. Mark Sullivan (15 July 2015) Crock the Ripper, The Sun Peg(30 August 2016) THE SOHO CONNECTIONS: A-Z of Who's Who, Scepticpeg, https://scepticpeg.wordpress.com/2016/08/30/the-soho-connections-a-z-of-whos-who/ STEFAN SLATER (2009 Vol 13 No.1 p 25-48) PROSTITUTES AND POPULAR HISTORY: NOTES ON THE ‘UNDERWORLD’, 1918–1939, Crime History & Societies https://chs.revues.org/689 Further reading Briggs, John, Angus McInnes and Christopher Harrison. Crime and Punishment in England: An Introductory History. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1996. Humphreys, Rob and Judith Bamber. The Rough Guide to London. London: Rough Guides Ltd, 2003. Wilson, Colin. The World's Greatest True Crime. Barnes & Noble Publishing, 2004. External links Organizations established in the 1930s 1930s establishments in England Organizations disestablished in the 1950s 1950s disestablishments in England British people of Italian descent British people of Maltese descent British people of Sicilian descent Organised crime gangs of London Former gangs in London Maltese criminals 20th century in London British pimps