FBI agent Joe “Donnie Brasco” Testifies - Bonnano Trial - 1982 News Report
An FBI special agent, who left his family to go undercover and infiltrate the mob for an unprecedented 6 1/2 years, told a federal jury today that his disguise worked so well that the Mafia set him up in a Florida gambling and loan shark operation and ultimately asked him to hunt down and kill the rival leader of the group and "leave him right in the street."
Special agent Joseph D. Pistone, who operated under the name "Donnie Brasco" and who is currently under round-the-clock guard, testified in a racketeering and murder trial in Manhattan federal court here that he infiltrated "the Bonanno family," posing as a jewel thief, in 1976.
Gradually, in his work operating a "bottle club," or unlicensed bar, in Florida, he gained the confidence of the alleged Mafia family. Last May, apparently convinced that he could be trusted, he testified he was called to New York City by a Bonanno capo, Dominick Napolitano.
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