Franzese has stated that the Five Families has paid millions of dollars to dozens of Federal Agents, private detectives, contract killers, professional assassins, and U.S. Marshalls around the country just to find Pistone and kill him. His co-workers, friends, and informants had no idea what had happened to him. He also said that he did not perspire under pressure and was aware of the Mafia's codes of conduct and system. He has served as an executive producer on movies relating to the Mafia, including the 2006 film 10th & Wolf. The operation was given the code name \"Sun-Apple\" after the locations of its two simultaneous operations: Miami (\"Sunny Miami\") and New York (\"The Big Apple\"). The evidence collected by Pistone led to over 200 indictments and over 100 convictions of Mafia members. Ruggiero was to be killed as well, but was arrested by the FBI while on his way to a meeting, in order to prevent his death. The FBI erased Pistone's history, making it seem that he had never existed; and anyone who called asking for him would be told that no one by that name was employed there. Pistone wrote a novel titled, The Good Guys, with Joe Bonanno's son, Salvatore Bonanno. He is responsible for several lucrative business ventures, including the Kings Court Bottle Club in Florida, which begins a good relationship with the Bonannos and Santo Trafficante. Donnie Brasco is a 1997 American crime drama movie directed by Mike Newell. When the Mafia Commission Trial saw the top leadership of the Five Families sent to prison, the Bonanno family was the only major family whose leadership was not decimated because the family had been kicked off the Commission. A Secrets of the Dead episode, "Gangland Graveyard," features Pistone and his infiltration of the Mafia as part of the long-running investigation into the murder of three Mafia captains by Massino. The FBI want to pull the plug on the operation due to the danger of Brasco getting killed. The men responsible for bringing Brasco into the family are ordered to be murdered. Pistone was a pioneer for deep long-term undercover work. He first goes undercover to infiltrate a theft ring. In September 2012, Pistone testified in Quebec's corruption commission, as an expert witness. Pistone became an associate in Jilly Greca's crew from the Colombo family. Pistone still travels disguised, under assumed names and with a license to carry a firearm. The operation was given the code name "Sun-Apple" after the locations of its two simultaneous operations: Miami ("Sunny Miami") and New York ("The Big Apple"). He wanted to continue at least until he became a made man; he believed Napolitano would lie about him "making his bones," participating in a mafia-ordered hit to prove his loyalty, and felt the FBI would never again have the opportunity to humiliate the Mafia by revealing that an agent had been inducted into the ranks. Brasco meets Anthony Mirra and the two begin hanging out. The crew are involved in truck hijacking and selling stolen merchandise. The operation pays off when the FBI arrests one of the largest and most profitable theft rings in history.[2]. Pistone was selected to be an undercover agent because he was of Sicilian heritage, fluent in Italian and acquainted with the mob from growing up in New Jersey. Pistone is featured in the eighth episode of UK history TV channel Yesterday's documentary series Mafia's Greatest Hits. Mirra is a soldier in the Bonanno crime family and is a lot better connected, respected and feared than Greca's crew. ISBN 0-340-66637-4) is a 1988 autobiographical crime book written by Joseph D. Pistone (assisted by Richard Woodley) about his story as an FBI agent going undercover and infiltrating the Mafia. In 1997, the book was made into a feature film titled Donnie Brasco, starring Johnny Depp and Al Pacino. Pistone stated that it was not the original aim to penetrate the Mafia; rather, the focus was to be on a group of people fencing stolen property from the large number of truck hijackings taking place each day in New York (five to six a day). The American Mafia has had a $500,000 contract on Pistone and his family since 1981. Even after finding out that Pistone was an undercover agent, Napolitano expressed no ill will, even saying, "I really loved that kid.". He later moved to the Bonanno family and subsequently developed a close relationship with Anthony Mirra, "Sonny Black" Dominick Napolitano and was tutored in the ways of the wise guy by Bonanno soldier Benjamin Ruggiero. After extensive preparation including FBI gemology classes and again using the alias Donnie Brasco, he went undercover as an expert jewel thief. Pistone's operation was ordered ended after six years undercover. Napolitano's girlfriend Judy later contacted Pistone and told him, "Donnie, I always knew that you weren't cut out for that world because you carried yourself different, you had an air of intelligence, you know? It was intended that the undercover operation last for around six months. The book was re-rel… Pistone detailed his undercover experience in his 1988 book Donnie Brasco: My Undercover Life in the Mafia.
Operation Donnie Brasco leads to more than 200 indictments and over 100 convictions of mafia members.
Ruggiero became very close friends with Pistone and told him that he would "die with him". In September 1976, Pistone walked out of the FBI office and did not return for the next six years. A play based on Donnie Brasco opened at the Pennsylvania Playhouse. Pistone wants to stay at least until he gets "made", in order to prove that the mafia is not invincible. Louis DiGiaimo, a casting director who worked on The Godfatherand a childhood friend of Pistone, consulted on the book and film. [4], To become a made man, Brasco is ordered to kill Anthony "Bruno" Indelicato, although Bruno has fled New York. Franzese also stated that the Five Families came very close to murdering Pistone several different times. There are six weeks left until Brasco is revealed to be an FBI agent. Donnie Brasco is a crime drama staring Al Pacino (Lefty), and Johnny Depp (Donnie) set in the Mafia gangland of 1970's New York. Hanging out at known crime spots, such as bars and social clubs, he eventually befriends a bartender and joins a crime gang. When Mirra is sent back to prison, Brasco and Lefty become close friends. He graduated from Paterson State College (now William Paterson University) with a B.A. After six years undercover, the operation becomes increasingly dangerous. I knew that you were much more than just a thief. His ability to drive 18-wheel trucks and bulldozers led to his being chosen for what would become his first undercover operation, infiltrating a gang stealing heavy vehicles and equipment. FBI agents eventually reveal to Sonny Black that their associate is actually an agent. Although Sonny Black and others consider it hard to believe that Brasco is an agent, he informs his superiors. The name Donald ("Donnie") Brasco was chosen to be Pistone's alias.
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