ᴛʜᴇ ꜱɪᴄɪʟɪᴀɴ ᴍᴀꜰɪᴀ, ᴀʟꜱᴏ ꜱɪᴍᴘʟʏ ᴋɴᴏᴡɴ ᴀꜱ ᴛʜᴇ ᴍᴀꜰɪᴀ ᴀɴᴅ ꜰʀᴇqᴜᴇɴᴛʟʏ ʀᴇꜰᴇʀʀᴇᴅ ᴛᴏ ᴀꜱ ᴄᴏꜱᴀ ɴᴏꜱᴛʀᴀ, ʙʏ ɪᴛꜱ ᴍᴇᴍʙᴇʀꜱ, ɪꜱ ᴀɴ ɪᴛᴀʟɪᴀɴ, ᴍᴀꜰɪᴀ ᴛᴇʀʀᴏʀ ᴛʏᴘᴇ, ᴏʀɢᴀɴɪᴢᴇᴅ ᴄʀɪᴍᴇ ꜱʏɴᴅɪᴄᴀᴛᴇ ᴀɴᴅ ᴄʀɪᴍɪɴᴀʟ ꜱᴏᴄɪᴇᴛʏ ᴏʀɪɢɪɴᴀᴛɪɴɢ ɪɴ ᴛʜᴇ ʀᴇɢɪᴏɴ ᴏꜰ ꜱɪᴄɪʟʏ, ᴇꜱᴛɪᴍᴀᴛᴇᴅ ᴅᴀᴛᴇ ᴛᴏ ᴛʜᴇ 19ᴛʜ ᴄᴇɴᴛᴜʀʏ. ɪᴛ ɪꜱ ᴀ ʟᴏᴏꜱᴇ ᴀꜱꜱᴏᴄɪᴀᴛɪᴏɴ ᴏꜰ ᴄʀɪᴍɪɴᴀʟ ɢʀᴏᴜᴘꜱ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ꜱʜᴀʀᴇ ᴀ ᴄᴏᴍᴍᴏɴ ᴏʀɢᴀɴɪᴢᴀᴛɪᴏɴᴀʟ ꜱᴛʀᴜᴄᴛᴜʀᴇ ᴀɴᴅ ᴄᴏᴅᴇ ᴏꜰ ᴄᴏɴᴅᴜᴄᴛ. ᴛʜᴇ ʙᴀꜱɪᴄ ɢʀᴏᴜᴘ ɪꜱ ᴋɴᴏᴡɴ ᴀꜱ ᴀ "ꜰᴀᴍɪʟʏ", "ᴄʟᴀɴ", ᴏʀ ᴄᴏꜱᴄᴀ. ᴇᴀᴄʜ ꜰᴀᴍɪʟʏ ᴄʟᴀɪᴍꜱ ꜱᴏᴠᴇʀᴇɪɢɴᴛʏ ᴏᴠᴇʀ ᴀ ᴛᴇʀʀɪᴛᴏʀʏ, ᴜꜱᴜᴀʟʟʏ ᴀ ᴛᴏᴡɴ ᴏʀ ᴠɪʟʟᴀɢᴇ ᴏʀ ᴀ ɴᴇɪɢʜʙᴏʀʜᴏᴏᴅ ᴏꜰ ᴀ ʟᴀʀɢᴇʀ ᴄɪᴛʏ, ɪɴ ᴡʜɪᴄʜ ɪᴛ ᴏᴘᴇʀᴀᴛᴇꜱ ɪᴛꜱ ʀᴀᴄᴋᴇᴛꜱ. ɪᴛꜱ ᴍᴇᴍʙᴇʀꜱ ᴄᴀʟʟ ᴛʜᴇᴍꜱᴇʟᴠᴇꜱ "ᴍᴇɴ ᴏꜰ ʜᴏɴᴏʀ", ᴀʟᴛʜᴏᴜɢʜ ᴛʜᴇ ᴘᴜʙʟɪᴄ ᴏꜰᴛᴇɴ ʀᴇꜰᴇʀꜱ ᴛᴏ ᴛʜᴇᴍ ᴀꜱ ᴍᴀꜰɪᴏꜱɪ.