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Nowadays no one is surprised by the work of an undercover agent. Special agents all over the world infiltrate criminal groups and try to destroy them by gathering as much evidence as possible. They can play the role of the bad guy for years for the sake of it, every day taking the risk of being exposed or killed.
However, this was not always the case. The first operations of this kind were often short and ended with the capture of petty thieves or drug dealers red-handed. The approach began to change in the middle of the 20th century, and our hero today became the first agent in the U.S. who stayed undercover for over five years.
The result of his work produced data that helped the authorities bring charges against more than two hundred American mobsters. Pistone was able to infiltrate first the Colombo family and then the Bonanno family, where he played his role so convincingly that he gained the support of the captain and later street boss Dominick Napolitano, who was going to initiate Pistone's acceptance into the American Mafia.
You can see all this in the movie Donnie Brasco with Johnny Depp and Al Pacino, which was based on Pistone's memoirs. However, the movie left a lot out. In this video, I want to remedy that by telling you the real story of "Donnie Brasco".
So, if you are interested in hearing about how an FBI agent managed to deceive American mobsters for six years, balancing between life and death, then meet Joseph Pistone on the side of law and order.