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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, 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 York City.
Learn how FBI Agent Joe Pistone, aka Donnie Brasco, infiltrated the Mafia for six years and gathered vital intelligence on the Bonanno crime family. Discover how his operation paved the way for future undercover investigations and convictions.
July 27 (UPI) -- Forty years ago, one of the FBI's greatest success stories against organized crime in the United States came to an official end after six years -- Operation Donnie Brasco, a...
Learn how Joseph Pistone infiltrated the New York Mafia as Donnie Brasco for six years and brought down over a hundred mobsters. Discover his alias, his contacts, his risks and his rewards in this true story.
Joe Pistone, who posed as Donnie Brasco, reveals his undercover work with the Balistrieri crime family in Milwaukee in the late 1970s. He shares his memories of Frank Balistrieri, Lefty Ruggiero and the car bombing of his cousin Augie Palmisano.
Donnie Brasco — real name Joseph Pistone — was an FBI agent responsible for taking down the Bonanno crime family, one of the infamous Five Families of the mafia that is featured in Netflix’s new...
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Donnie Brasco was the alias of Joseph Pistone, an undercover FBI agent that infiltrated the Bonanno crime family.
