Joseph Pistone

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Joseph Pistone

American government agent

Also known as: Donnie Brasco

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Bonanno crime family
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FBI agent Joseph Pistone (alias “Donnie Brasco”) infiltrated the Bonanno family in 1976 and went undetected for years, rising through the ranks. The evidence that he collected led to more than 100 convictions, and the Bonanno family lost their seat on the Commission as punishment for allowing…
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FBI agent Joseph Pistone (alias “Donnie Brasco”) infiltrated the Bonanno family in 1976 and went undetected for years, rising through the ranks. The evidence that he collected led to more than 100 convictions, and the Bonanno family lost their seat on the Commission as punishment for allowing…
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