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Timeline

Crime Files

Timeline

1974 - Pistone was transferred to New York and assigned to the truck hijacking squad of the FBI.1976 - Pistone successfully infiltrated New York's Bonanno Mafia family.12 July 1979 - head of the Bonanno family, Carmine Galante, was shot dead.30 August 1981 - the FBI arrest Ruggiero.12 August 1982 -  Napolitano found dead in a creek on Staten Island.1986 - 'Brasco' retired from the FBIThanksgiving Day 1995 - Ruggiero dies of cancer in his New York home.