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  1. Joseph D. Pistone. Joseph Dominick Pistone (born September 17, 1939) is an American former FBI agent who worked undercover as Donnie Brasco between September 1976 and July 1981, [nb 1] as part of an infiltration primarily into the Bonanno crime family, and to a lesser extent the Colombo crime family, two of the Five Families of the Mafia in New ...

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  2. Learn how FBI Agent Joe Pistone, aka Donnie Brasco, infiltrated the Mafia and gathered vital intelligence for six years. Discover how his operation led to more than 100 convictions and changed the FBI's approach to undercover work.

  3. Jul 27, 2021 · Then, about midway through the decade, enter FBI special agent Joseph D. Pistone. Advertisement. An agent at the bureau for seven years by then, Pistone began the dangerous undercover operation in ...

  4. Jul 22, 2020 · Joseph Pistone was an FBI agent who infiltrated the Bonanno crime family under the alias Donnie Brasco for seven years. He helped expose hundreds of mobsters, wrote a best-selling book, and consulted for a movie and a TV show.

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  5. Apr 2, 2014 · Donnie Brasco was the alias of Joseph Pistone, who infiltrated the Bonanno crime family for five years as a jewel thief and burglar. He collected evidence that led to hundreds of arrests and survived a contract hit by the Mafia.

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  7. May 22, 2018 · Learn how Joseph Pistone, a former FBI agent, infiltrated the New York Mafia for six years as Donnie Brasco, a fictitious jewel thief. Discover how his undercover operation led to the arrest of over a hundred mobsters and the implosion of the American Mafia.

  8. Jan 17, 2024 · Joe Pistone, who posed as Donnie Brasco, talks about his undercover work with the Balistrieri crime family in Milwaukee in the late 1970s. He recounts his meetings with Frank Balistrieri, his close calls with getting caught, and the end of his mission.

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