 The neighborhood became particularly infamous from the late '70s onwards due to the high levels of crime, particularly due to the presence of the Banda della Magliana, a Roman Mafia-like organization which at one point took control of most of the city's criminal activities, and was so named by the press because many of its original members hailed from the Magliana neighborhood.Magliana was historically an underserviced community that has fought to receive fair treatment from city and municipal authorities.Because Magliana was created by speculators in the 1970s in violation of construction regulations, it was not connected to city water, electricity, and sometimes power lines.