FBI finally gets the goods on the last don

A FABLED, 20-year-old FBI undercover operation resurfaced to shock the US underworld this week.

Sat, 11 Jan, 2003 - 00:00

Jim Caldwell

It led to the arrest of Joseph Massino, the reputed boss of the Bonanno crime family and, feds say, the last New York city boss left.

FBI agents arrested Massino, 60, early on Thursday morning at his home on 84th Street in Howard Beach, Queens, on racketeering conspiracy, murder and other charges.

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Courts Crime Place: US Place: New York Place: 84th Street Place: Howard Beach, Queens Place: Staten Island Place: Brooklyn Place: Howard Beach Place: Fort Dix prison Person: Joseph Massino Person: Bonanno Person: Massino Person: Salvatore Vitale Person: Daniel Mongelli Person: US Attorney Person: Roslynn R Mauskopf Person: Dominick "Sonny Black" Napolitano Person: Joseph Pistone Person: Pistone Person: Donnie Brasco Person: Napolitano Person: Frank Lino Person: Mauskopf Person: Matthew Mari Person: Joan Azrack Person: Lino Person: Richard "Shellackhead" Cantarella Person: Frank Coppa Person: James Walden Person: Larry Bronson Person: Coppa Person: Bronson Person: Vitale Person: Robert Perrino Person: Perrino Person: Assistant US Attorney Person: Greg Andres Person: Brasco Person: Bonannos Person: Kevin Donovan Organisation: FBI Organisation: NYPD Organisation: Drug Enforcement Administration Organisation: Federal Court Organisation: New York Post

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