17. A similar meaning could be attached to other statements by mafiosi, such as this by Salvatore Contorno: "Pietro Marchese was commonly regarded as a man of honor from Corso dei Mille, but he actually belonged to Ciaculli," an area controlled by the more powerful Greco family (TC: 8).

DEFINE: Explains how mafia statements encode hierarchical territorial control—where a man 'actually belonged' reveals the dominant family's power structure.

Diego Gambetta, The Sicilian Mafia The Busi…, loc. 889