"Europe's Mystery Man" At Monts Carlo Sir Basil Zaharoff (right) with his bodyguard who never leaves him, seen leaving the Hotel de Paris Monte Carlo. Among the many well known people visiting Monte Carlo, for the winter sports season is Sir Basil Zaharoff, the millionaire financier, known at the American Arms inquiry as the "Mystery Man of Europe". December 28, 1934. (Photo by The Associated Press Ltd.).