Donnie Brasco : unfinished business : shocking declassified details from the FBI's greatest undercover operation and a bloody timeline of the fall of the Mafia

When FBI Special Agent Joe Pistone began what was supposed to be a six-month operation infiltrating New York’s Bonanno crime family in 1975, he had no idea what was about to happen. Posing as jewel thief “Donnie Brasco,” Pistone would spend the next six years undercover in the Family, witnessing-and sometimes participating in-the Mafia’s gruesome activities while gathering enough evidence to send over 200 gangsters to jail. Pistone told his story in the 1988 book __Donnie Brasco__-a __New York Times__ bestseller and later a feature film starring Johnny Depp and Al Pacino. But because of pending trials at the time of publication, many details of the alleged crimes were omitted. Now, in __Donnie Brasco: Unfinished Business__, Pistone for the first time reveals with great detail the horrific deeds of wiseguys Tony Mirra, Lefty Ruggiero, Sonny Black, and the rest of the cold-blooded Bonanno crew. He puts the operation into historical perspective, detailing the timeline of Mafia trials from 1981 through 2005 that crippled the New York City crime family. He also recounts his experiences after the operation, his time on the Hollywood set with Pacino and Depp, and other undercover operations through present day. A tense, thrilling account of the greatest infiltration ever by a federal agent into the most brutal gang of killers in the world, __Donnie Brasco: Unfinished Business__ is the final chapter in the story of a real American hero.

the Final Chapter In The Fbi’s Greatest Mafia Sting-with Shocking Declassified Details From The Donnie Brasco Operation And A Timeline Of The Fall Of The Mafia

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the Man Who Went Undercover As Donnie Brasco Acts As Tour Guide To The Downfall Of The New York Mafia: A Long-coming Event He Was Instrumental In Bringing About. To Hear Former Fbi Agent Pistone (donnie Brasco, Not Reviewed) Put It, His Dangerous, Six-year Undercover Operation In The New York Mob Couldn't Have Happened Before Or Since. Prior To The Early-'70s, The Hooverite Agency Was Still Too Suspicious Of The Whole (then-)unconventional Idea, And After 1981, When Pistone Began Delivering Reams Of Damning Testimony In One Rico Case After Another, The Fatally Wounded Families Became Even More Suspicious Of Outsiders. Still Living In An Undisclosed Location And Having Knocked Out A Few Crime Novels In The Past Few Years-apparently, He Left The Feds Before Getting That Pension-pistone Now Gives The Full Scoop On The Aftermath Of His Years Undercover, And How The Work He Began Essentially Demolished New York's Five Families. The Going Will Be A Bit Rough At First For Those Unfamiliar With Donnie Brasco; Readers May Find Themselves Lost In Details (was That The Lucchese Or Bonanno Family? Is That Sonny Red Or Sonny Black?). But Pistone Proves To Be A Smart And Pugnacious Writer, Unafraid To Repeat Himself Where Necessary, And None Too Worried About Offending Targets Of Ridicule; The Latter Category Includes Clueless Fbi Supervisors, A Mafia Composed Of Bumbling And Sadistic Sociopaths And The Godfather-loving Clueless Who Romanticize Them. An Epilogue Lists The Mafiosi Pistone Associated With While Undercover And Who Have Since Been Whacked, Many Because Of Their Association With Him-there Are 15 Names. A Tough And Refreshingly Unsentimental Overview Of What Is Essentially The End Of Theamerican Mafia.

When FBI Special Agent Joe Pistone began a "six-month" operation infiltrating New York's Bonanno crime family in 1975, he had no idea what was about to happen. Posing as jewel thief "Donnie Brasco," Pistone spent the next six years undercover in the Family, witnessing-and sometimes participating in-the Mafia's gruesome activities while gathering enough evidence to send over 200 gangsters to jail. Pistone told his story in the 1988 book Donnie Brasco: My Undercover Life in the Mafia -a New York Times bestseller and later a feature film starring Johnny Depp and Al Pacino. But because of pending trials at the time of publication, many details of the alleged crimes were held back. Now, in Donnie Brasco: Unfinished Business , Pistone for the first time reveals with great detail the horrific deeds of wiseguys Tony Mirra, "Lefty" Ruggiero, Sonny Black, and the rest of the cold-blooded Bonanno crew. Pistone puts the operation into historical perspective, detailing the timeline of Mafia trials that crippled the New York City crime family over the past 25 years. He also recounts his experiences after the operation, his time on the Hollywood set with Pacino and Depp, and other undercover operations through present-day. A tense, thrilling account of the greatest infiltration ever by a federal agent into the most brutal gang of killers in the world, Donnie Brasco: Unfinished Business is the final chapter in the story of a real American hero. When FBI Special Agent Joe Pistone began what was supposed to be a six-month operation infiltrating New York’s Bonanno crime family in 1975, he had no idea what was about to happen. Posing as jewel thief “Donnie Brasco,” Pistone would spend the next six years undercover in the Family, witnessing-and sometimes participating in-the Mafia’s gruesome activities while gathering enough evidence to send over 200 gangsters to jail. Pistone told his story in the 1988 book Donnie Brasco -a New York Times bestseller and later a feature film starring Johnny Depp and Al Pacino. But because of pending trials at the time of publication, many details of the alleged crimes were omitted. Now, in Donnie Brasco: Unfinished Business , Pistone for the first time reveals with great detail the horrific deeds of wiseguys Tony Mirra, Lefty Ruggiero, Sonny Black, and the rest of the cold-blooded Bonanno crew. He puts the operation into historical perspective, detailing the timeline of Mafia trials from 1981 through 2005 that crippled the New York City crime family. He also recounts his experiences after the operation, his time on the Hollywood set with Pacino and Depp, and other undercover operations through present day. A tense, thrilling account of the greatest infiltration ever by a federal agent into the most brutal gang of killers in the world, Donnie Brasco: Unfinished Business is the final chapter in the story of a real American hero. The FBI agent who posed as jewel thief "Donnie Brasco" revisits his six-year assignment undercover within the American Mafia, this time revealing details about the crimes he witnessed, the trials of those he helped bring to justice, and the history of civil war within the Mafia itself. The story you thought you knew was only the beginning. ϡ쯦랠