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Joseph Dominick Pistone was born on 17th September, 1939 in Erie, Pennsylvania, United States in a working class family. He was raised in Paterson city in New Jersey where he attended Eastside High School. He later joined Paterson State College and completed his studies in anthropology.
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He is of Calabrian and Sicilian heritage, and grew up in Paterson, New Jersey, where he attended Eastside High School. He attended Paterson State College (now William Paterson University ), [5] obtaining a degree in anthropology in 1965.
Joseph Dominick Pistone, a man raised in the Sandy Hill section of Paterson, who graduated from Eastside High School, developed into Donnie Brasco. His day-to-day upbringing in La Cosa Nostra’s neighborhood enabled him to become the sole FBI agent who took down the mob, ensuring 234 convictions.
Special Agent Pistone (left) sits with Sonny Black (Dominick Napolitano) of the Bonanno family and unidentified woman in the 1970s during an undercover investigation.
Oct 31, 2023 · Joseph D. Pistone, better known as Donnie Brasco, is a name that will forever be etched in the annals of law enforcement. His astounding undercover mission within the Bonanno crime family not only dismantled a criminal empire but also inspired a critically acclaimed movie.
Jul 27, 2021 · July 27 (UPI) -- Forty years ago, one of the FBI's greatest success stories against organized crime in the United States came to an official end after six years -- Operation Donnie Brasco, a...
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For five years, from 1976 to 1981, Pistone, then an undercover Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) agent, penetrated the Colombo and Bonanno crime families by posing as "Donnie Brasco" (he chose the name at random), a jewel thief and small-time hoodlum.
