Oh, Marcel does own a brothel, Arianna found out when Chelsea told her and her hope was dashed.
To be precise, the Luciano family owns it. Marcel might be the head of the clan but he doesn't run everything and family members took up various spots they could lay their hands on. In one word, the Luciano family does every illegal business one could think of, all except human trafficking and drugs.
The drug business was quite lucrative yet dangerous. You can't sell what you don't taste. Most drug families end up miserably and turn on each other in the end thanks to the addiction.
But as evil and competitive as the Luciano family was, they still valued their blood.
Yeah, shocking, right?
And as for trafficking, their conscience comes to play as well.
"What about Ashley and Rose?" Arianna inquired about the two other girls. Three of them had been her companion during her stay with Big Joe.