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Joe Pistone (Donnie Brasco) Joseph Pistone infiltrated the Bonanno Crime family from 1976 to 1982, and in my opinion was one of the most amazing feets to had been accomplished in the history of organized crime. He was raised in Paterson, New Jersey, where his father had run several bars. He married his high school sweetheart and spent three years working for the government in naval intelligence before joining the FBI. Pistone had been an FBI agent since July of 1969 and served undercover for the first time in Florida. There he helped break up a crime ring that had stolen over a million dollars worth of automobiles. After he finished his assignment in Florida, he transferred back to the FBI office in New York, where he and a group of backup agents came up with the concept of infiltrating major fences that were dealing with the mafia. Agent Pistone’s appearance and American Italian background were perfet for this assignment and he went undercover in September of 76'. Before I begin the story of Donnie Brasco, I just wanted to mention that the FBI budgeted this job for six months and it went on for almost six years. He started hanging out at bars and clubs in Manhattan, spe