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Couple plans 'mafia-free' wedding

Mr Messina and Ms Di Leo run a shop in Palermo selling mafia-free goods. [Photo:BBC]

A Sicilian couple are planning a wedding designed to keep money out of the pockets of the mafia.

Fabio Messina, 30, and Valeria Di Leo, 29, are part of a campaign against the payment of "pizzo" protection money, Italy's Ansa news agency reports.

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