The key witness: women fighting the mafia

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The key witness: women fighting the mafia

The Sicilian Piera Aiella opposed the Cosa Nostra and therefore had to go into hiding for 27 years. Today she sits in Parliament in Rome. In her new book, the journalist Mathilde Schwabeneder portrays women who dare to take on organized crime in Italy despite the danger of death. An excerpt from the work.