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The Mafia Bride Who Fought Back
After Piera Aiello’s Sicilian Mafia husband was murdered, she decided to turn informer
When she was 17 years old, Piera Aiello was forced to marry into a notorious Sicilian Mafia family. After witnessing the murder of her husband, she became a police informant. However the decision meant she had to go into hiding - giving up her name, her family, and wearing a veil when she went outside. Now, after 25 years, Piera has decided to show her face in public for the first time.
Presenter: Emily Webb
(Image: Piera Aiello. Credit: Alamy.)
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