Joe Barone on Being the Longest-Serving FBI Informant in Mafia History (members only)

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Former mobster Joe Barone talked about his time as the FBI’s longest-running mob informant. Born to parents with ties to the mafia – his father was a made man in the Genovese Crime Family and his mother had ties to Al Capone – Barone grew up as a “legacy wise guy.” Barone talked about witnessing his father’s activities and getting used to the mafia lifestyle. However, Barone had no intention of moving up in the mafia world until his father died under suspicious circumstances. This led Barone to work with the FBI as an informant within the Bonanno Crime Family. Watch the full interview above to hear more about Joe Barone who spent more than a decade as an informant.