Paul Briandi Buffalo White Slave Trafficker

Paul Briandi was a sinister figure in the annals of Buffalo area crime. In December 1936 he was charged with compulsory prostitution in the case of Irene Badaszewski and four other area women. The indictment accused Briandi of forcing Badaszewski and the others to prostitute themselves in brothels in Lackawanna and Niagara Falls. When Irene tried to flee this lifestyle Briandi had beaten her unmercifully and held a gun to her head. My e-book also considers Briandi as a soldier in the upstat...