Play Video Video related to what happened to the fbi agent who took down the bonanno crime family? With only one violent scene, this movie is championed by the amazing performance from both Pacino and Depp. Befriending Lefty… TZ. I allow Heavy. Disagree Agree. Notify of. An average day would start with checking in with Ruggiero, Brasco's captain, and then hanging out in a bar or nightclub trying to think of new ways to make money or advancing up the Mafia ladder.
Brasco always worked with the same people and never asked what other members were doing or even who they were. Too many questions were viewed with great suspicion and this rule complicated his undercover role and contributed to its longevity. During his time undercover, Brasco was ordered to commit four contract killings.
There was no question of refusal, so Brasco would either manipulate himself out of the hit at a later date or, if that proved too difficult, the FBI would stage a fake killing. He was able to see his wife Maggie and their three daughters once every three or four months for a day on average.
Discussing the outlines or ramifications of the case would have been a breach of security, so his family had no idea what he was doing, which took a tremendous toll on their relationships.
On July 12, , the head of the Bonanno family, Carmine Galante, was shot dead. A war broke out between the rival leaders within the family, which quickly split into two factions.
Brasco and the FBI planned to arrest Indelicato before the day of the hit, but they were unable to find him. Because of this incident and the shooting war being waged between the families, the FBI decided to end the operation. Brasco argued that he should stay until December when his membership into the family would be decided, but the FBI disagreed.
The Mafia put a contract out on Brasco's life for half a million dollars. Pistone and his family still live under secret identities in an undisclosed location in New Jersey. He's also the author of several books and the co-owner of a production company.
Two days after the FBI pulled Brasco out of the operation they informed Napolitano that he had been working undercover. It was not long before Napolitano's death was ordered.
On August 17, , accepting his fate, Napolitano gave his favorite bartender his jewelry and the keys to his apartment so that his pet pigeons could be looked after. On August 12, , his body was found in a creek on Staten Island. And the entire time, he had to live completely away from his wife and girls. Although the case essentially helped bring down the five major New York Mafia families and ended an infamous era of impunity for the mob, the goals of the sting initially were anything but lofty.
You couldn't do anything in New York City back in those days without getting the approval of the mob. The idea, Pistone says, was to go after the crime family's fences rather than the "made men" themselves, who were considered to be virtually untouchable.
In fact, Pistone was so good at earning the trust of higher-ups in the feared Bonanno family -- namely Anthony Mirra, Benjamin "Lefty" Ruggiero and Dominick "Sonny Black" Napolitano -- that he eventually earned consideration for promotion as a "made man" himself.
In the mob, being "made" is reserved strictly for the most trusted members of the family, and they must have Sicilian blood lineage. The key to his success, Pistone says, wasn't so much his acting ability as it was the lack of a need for him to act at all.
I didn't have to put on a persona. I just really had to stay who I was. Other factors in Pistone's success, he says, were minding his own business, not getting involved in conversations that didn't concern him and choosing "jewel thief" and "burglar" as Donnie Brasco's "profession. As a jewel thief, I could bring precious gems, diamonds, watches and stuff like that around.
Several years of operating on the far outer edge of the law created some incredibly dangerous moments for Pistone. Once, when he was with Black at the airport in Miami -- still undercover as Brasco -- a federal prosecutor who'd known Pistone from a previous case just about blew his cover. Pistone had to think quickly to avoid being exposed, so he pretended like he didn't know the prosecutor and shoved him to the ground.
It was the bureau's final cue to pull him out. But by then, he'd already gathered enough intel to blow up the Mafia, figuratively speaking. Prosecutions began in We showed how Chicago was involved. We showed how families across the country were all involved in this criminal enterprise known as the American Mafia.
But if you think Pistone was happy to see the FBI when they terminated the operation, think again. He wanted to stay undercover. Pistone resigned from the FBI in , but returned in and spent four more years as an agent.
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