He Fooled the Mafia for 6 Years | FBI's Most Dangerous Undercover Mission

Episode 253  ·  Jun 23, 09:00 AM
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The FBI has sent hundreds of agents undercover. Only ONE was ever this close to becoming a made man in the American Mafia.

For six years, FBI Special Agent Joe Pistone lived a lie that nearly swallowed him whole. Armed with a fake name—Donnie Brasco—and nerves of steel, Pistone infiltrated the most dangerous organized crime families in America, earning the trust of mob bosses and hitmen while his own identity slowly disappeared.