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Piera Aiello

27/10/2018 GMT

The Mafia Bride Who Fought Back

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After Piera Aiello’s Sicilian Mafia husband was murdered, she decided to turn informer

Piera Aiello was forced to marry into a notorious Sicilian Mafia family, but after her 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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