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Encyclopedia > Joe Pistone
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Donnie Brasco (L) and Sonny Black Napolitano (R) in Florida (FBI photograph)

Donnie Brasco was the alias of FBI agent Joseph D. Pistone, who worked undercover for years to infiltrate the Bonanno family, a branch of the Mafia in New York City.


Donnie Brasco: My Undercover Life in the Mafia is also the name of a 1990 book detailing his undercover experience in the mob.


Donnie Brasco is also the name of a 1997 film starring Johnny Depp and Al Pacino, based on the book.


Pistone revisited his experiences as Donnie Brasco in his 2004 book, The Way of the Wiseguy.


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Joseph D. Pistone - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (416 words)
Joseph D. Pistone (born 1939), alias Donnie Brasco, was an FBI agent who worked undercover for years to infiltrate the Bonanno family, a branch of the Mafia in New York City.
Pistone's performance was so convincing that, at the time the operation ended, he had been proposed to become a "made man" (officially inducted into the Mafia).
Pistone continues to be active as an author and consultant to worldwide law enforcement agencies.
Sonny Red Indelicato - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (486 words)
Unlike the movie, FBI Agent Joe Pistone was never witness or took part in the murders of Indelicato, Giaconne and Trinchera.
FBI agent Joe Pistone, undercover with the mob as "Donnie Brasco," was tasked with finding and killing Bruno, which quickened Pistone's being removed from the operation.
Joe Massino, who later became boss of the Bonanno Family, was convicted in 2004 of ordering seven murders, including those of Indelicato, Giaccone and Trinchera.
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