June 16, 1930 - Dominick Napolitano
A capo in the Bonanno family, Napolitano occupies an unusual place in organized crime history — not for his brutality alone, but for an act of catastrophic misjudgment that unraveled one of the FBI's most consequential undercover operations from the inside out. His sponsorship of who he believed to be a connected associate gave federal agent Joseph Pistone deep and sustained access to the Bonanno hierarchy, a penetration that resulted in convictions across the family and reshaped how law enforcement approached infiltrating the mob. The consequences for Napolitano personally were fatal; in Mafia terms, vouching for a federal agent was an unforgivable breach.
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Dominick Napolitano (June 16, 1930 – August 17, 1981), also known as Sonny Black, was an American Mafia caporegime in the Bonanno crime family. He is known for unwittingly allowing FBI agent Joseph D. Pistone to become an associate in his crew and nearly having him become an inducted member of the family and Cosa Nostra.
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