Donnie Brasco
My undercover life in the mob is a true story based on the life of undercover F.B.I agent Joseph Pistone. Pistone went undercover for six years in the 1970's, observing one of New York's top crime families the Bonnano's. Pistone posed as a street jeweler and went by the name "Donnie Brasco". As a jewel thief, Pistone had to know the street values of all precious gems. He learned how to pick locks and dismantle alarms from real-life jewelers. Following this disguise Donnie Brasco caught the eye of Bonanno soldier Tony Mirra, who later introduced him to his friend Lefty Ruggiero. Lefty Ruggiero had a reputation for being a stone killer who made his bones by killing 20 to 30 people. Both Tony and Lefty found potential in Brasco. Meanwhile Lefty and Brasco became really close and Lefty began to introduce him to the mafia. The two even became business partners, Lefty took it upon himself to educate Brasco in the ways of being a wiseguy. He spent hours telling me about the......

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Title: Joseph Pistone
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