Stealing may be punished even when the culprit is himself a man of honor. Damiano Caruso took part in the so-called "slaughter of Viale Lazio" in 1969, says Calderone, and this action "had gone to his head and he did not want to obey anyone any longer." He was subsequently banished to the United States, where he became the cause of complaints from Charles Gambino himself, then the "boss of bosses." When he returned to Palermo, according to Calderone, he robbed a store belonging to a man of honor, as well as a jewelry shop owned by a protégé of Toto Riina. Caruso was punished for his audacity, murdered in Milan together with his mistress and her fourteen-year-old daughter.

DEFINE: Clarifies that 'men of honor' designation does not exempt members from punishment — the honor code governs conduct within the organization itself.

Diego Gambetta, The Sicilian Mafia The Busi…, loc. 444