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Joseph D Pistone
Joseph Dominick Pistone, also known by his secret alias Donnie Brasco, was a former US FBI agent who worked undercover from September 1976 to July 1981, as part of a major infiltration. Bonanno and to a lesser extent the Colombo crime family, two of the Five Mafia Families in New York City. Pistone was an FBI agent for 17 years, from 1969 until his resignation in 1986. The evidence Pistone gathered has led to more than 200 indictments and more than 100 convictions of Mafia members - and some of those responsible for his infiltration have also been killed by other bandits. Pistone has long been a pioneer in the work of secrecy. Former FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover, who died in 1972, didn't want FBI agents working under the hood due to the risk of agents becoming corrupt; Pistone's work then helped convince the FBI that the use of undercover agents rather than relying solely on informants was an important tool for law enforcement.
BornJoseph Dominick Pistone, September 17, 1939, Erie, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Other names"Donnie Brasco"
Alma materPaterson State College
OccupationFBI special agent
Years active1969–1986
Known forUndercover work infiltrating the Bonanno crime family
Notable workDonnie Brasco: My Undercover Life in the Mafia
Spouse(s)Maggie Pistone
Children3

About Joseph D Pistone

Law Enforcement Officer Joseph D Pistone was born in Pennsylvania, United States on September 17, 1939. He's 85 years old today.

This famed secret agent infiltrated both the Bonanno and Colombo New York Mafia families during his nearly thirty-year career with the FBI. He was one of the first FBI agents to work covertly for extended periods of time.

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Joseph D Pistone before becoming famous

Joseph D Pistone was born in the Zodiac sign Virgo (The Maiden), and 1939 is the year of the Chinese Zodiac Rabbit (兔).

He briefly worked as a teacher after studying elementary school education at Paterson State College in New Jersey before joining the Office of Naval Intelligence and later the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).

Achievement of Joseph D Pistone

During his five-year undercover operation, he gathered evidence that led to the conviction of over a hundred Mafia members.

Joseph D Pistone's Family, Spouse, Dating and Relationship

He was born in Erie, Pennsylvania, but spent much of his childhood in Paterson, New Jersey. As a member of a Sicilian-American family, he encountered numerous Mafia members during his upbringing, putting him in a unique position to thoroughly comprehend the Mafia system's inner workings and successfully imitate someone from this world.

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Movie Actor Johnny Depp portrayed Pistone in Donnie Brasco: My Undercover Life in the Mafia, a 1997 film based on Pistone's 1998 biography (Brasco).

Joseph D Pistone Income & Net worth

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Latest information about Joseph D Pistone updated on March 25 2023.