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Undercover DEA Agent Frank Panessa on Busting The Mafia "Pizza Connection" (Full Interview)

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Күн бұрын

Frank Panessa sat down for his first-ever VladTV interview, and Vlad started off by introducing him as one of the two undercover DEA agents in the “Pizza Connection Trial” that took down mafia members using pizza parlors as fronts. During the conversation, Frank started off speaking about joining the DEA, and from there, he spoke about how he got involved in the “Pizza Connection” investigation. Frank explained how he went undercover and became partners with the Sicilian mafia members by supplying them with cigarettes for machines in their pizza shops. From there, Frank detailed getting into the drug trade with the Sicilians and working with Rudy Giuliani in the operation, which he said involved getting $1 million to look legit. During the conversation, Frank detailed the inside information on the Sicilian mafia’s heroin operation, including how they laundered money and other crimes they committed. Frank also spoke about how they took down the operation, and he then detailed the trial that included one of the co-defendants being killed by someone in the Gambino crime family. To hear more, including Frank speaking about other undercover missions that he was on, hit the full interview above.

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@adamrideout6715
@adamrideout6715 Жыл бұрын
Yo Vlad is letting him COOK! He didn't say anything for almost 20 minutes! 🤣🤣🤣
@neilvetter662
@neilvetter662 Жыл бұрын
said okay
@ccali327
@ccali327 Жыл бұрын
Exactly. Vlad is actually a terrible interviewer. He's very lucky to have a lot of subscribers and good guests. Less is more.
@jonmullen9327
@jonmullen9327 Жыл бұрын
That was an awesome interview he was very well spoken and vlad let him speak, just a great all around interview!
@universaltalentbookings1389
@universaltalentbookings1389 Жыл бұрын
Doesn’t VLAD let all law enforcement speak freely ? VLAD is an informant
@magiz0
@magiz0 Жыл бұрын
Wow Vlad this was nice, i was expecting 87 parts of this. 👏
@nowwhat1434
@nowwhat1434 Жыл бұрын
Lmao
@jacobbaruch01
@jacobbaruch01 Жыл бұрын
Lmao
@neilvetter662
@neilvetter662 Жыл бұрын
OKface
@bellabear653
@bellabear653 Жыл бұрын
💀
@RockinRez
@RockinRez Жыл бұрын
Good to see Vlad interviewing his dad!
@edwintroy6957
@edwintroy6957 Жыл бұрын
🤣
@Heymanesaymane
@Heymanesaymane 6 ай бұрын
😂😂😂
@ArtOfMoney1
@ArtOfMoney1 Жыл бұрын
When Vlad says “I have friends behind the scenes”, he’s talking about this guy 😂
@jamiewilson5679
@jamiewilson5679 Жыл бұрын
His handler?
@Milne85
@Milne85 Жыл бұрын
No one in their right mind would tell Vlad anything current
@terryt2728
@terryt2728 Жыл бұрын
Fun fact...the tomato sauce made by the mob as a front company was so good it made the mob a fortune.
@joonaslehtonen7965
@joonaslehtonen7965 Жыл бұрын
Really?? Whats your source? Do you remember the brand name?
@terryt2728
@terryt2728 Жыл бұрын
@@joonaslehtonen7965 I saw it on a Pizza Connection documentary. I couldn't tell you the name. It was 15 years ago.
@Amidat
@Amidat Жыл бұрын
@@joonaslehtonen7965 all you had to do was go in any Italian neighborhood stores in NYC to know that. I mean Arthur Ave. in The Bronx for one...
@joonaslehtonen7965
@joonaslehtonen7965 Жыл бұрын
@@Amidat i dont live in nyc.
@alainvosselman9960
@alainvosselman9960 Жыл бұрын
Great interview. This man has done so many cases, i could listen to him talk for another 2 or 3 hours.
@jamiehovis7722
@jamiehovis7722 Жыл бұрын
finally an interview with someone that isn’t a career criminal, murderer, thief, or ex-con.
@kylerobison1425
@kylerobison1425 Жыл бұрын
You mean finally it’s none of the honest people lol
@jamiehovis7722
@jamiehovis7722 Жыл бұрын
@@kylerobison1425 Oh you think because a convicted criminal assumes unusual frankness about the crime they were convicted for and already served time, that they aren’t lying about other things that haven’t been detected by police? They only tell you what they want to tell you; confessing a crime that has already been accounted for doesn’t make them honest, you’re just gullible.
@jamiehovis7722
@jamiehovis7722 Жыл бұрын
@K, U aren’t a KILLA ok racist
@jamiehovis7722
@jamiehovis7722 Жыл бұрын
@K, U aren’t a KILLA How does being puerto rican not make you racist?
@chetterbezly3905
@chetterbezly3905 Жыл бұрын
@K, U aren’t a KILLA😂😂😂
@JPWrightVoiceActor
@JPWrightVoiceActor Жыл бұрын
I watch all these Mafia vids to keep my accent strong - This was a good watch !
@jred1301
@jred1301 Жыл бұрын
Great to hear someone other than vlad talk lol
@CoryCDS
@CoryCDS Жыл бұрын
Yea it is but its not vlads fault alot of his guests just arent much of speakers, maybe they havent done alot of interviews but alot of them just “yup, mhmm” there way through the interview
@neilvetter662
@neilvetter662 Жыл бұрын
O K
@kingzonme
@kingzonme Жыл бұрын
We need more of these interviews
@sheldonroyes1451
@sheldonroyes1451 Жыл бұрын
Love this interview. A real professional Agent
@jrockwv8658
@jrockwv8658 Жыл бұрын
Best mob interview yet love frank panessa
@topusyed280
@topusyed280 Жыл бұрын
Wow Wht an intro , Even vlad is so quiet 🤫, 18:20 , 2nd question of this interview Thanks vlad for this episode or interview 🙏
@numberonestunner8103
@numberonestunner8103 Жыл бұрын
This was a great interview!
@nobleman_81
@nobleman_81 Жыл бұрын
Absolutely!
@RalphCif
@RalphCif 19 сағат бұрын
This guy is a true G to have no problem cozying up to Sicilians and Colombians on a daily basis
@kenthanos
@kenthanos Жыл бұрын
These YSL is small potatoes for this guy.
@charlescampanella5384
@charlescampanella5384 7 ай бұрын
What a fabulous interview. So intriguing
@JStratton87
@JStratton87 Жыл бұрын
I remember seeing him on the Inside The Mafia documentary back in the early 2000's.
@silentlove2204
@silentlove2204 Жыл бұрын
Vlad joins the interview 18 minutes later , looking for Tupac questions to get in there. Thanks for joining in vlad.
@leerios2004
@leerios2004 Жыл бұрын
Damn this dude lived it
@fabiobonetta5454
@fabiobonetta5454 Жыл бұрын
The good guys never get the recognition they deserve. Great job Vlad
@Gobrayamofficial
@Gobrayamofficial Жыл бұрын
Great sit down
@saltpassionfishing5243
@saltpassionfishing5243 Жыл бұрын
Excellent interview
@joshuawatson9486
@joshuawatson9486 Жыл бұрын
Very interesting podcast djvlad.
@Milne85
@Milne85 Жыл бұрын
The pause and then vlad says “ok” to all his guests. Yea they knows it’s ok and they don’t need your affirmation. “Ok”
@zejaguar
@zejaguar Жыл бұрын
Another insightful interview.
@alicecub1
@alicecub1 Жыл бұрын
Fantastic interview ❤
@blakehorton8110
@blakehorton8110 Жыл бұрын
This interview was not nearly long enough
@paulkelly5788
@paulkelly5788 Жыл бұрын
Great interview.
@alinafemphwina
@alinafemphwina Жыл бұрын
Thank you!!
@jamesmontoya5489
@jamesmontoya5489 Жыл бұрын
When’s Vlad gonna interview Joe Pistone? That would be a great video
@Milne85
@Milne85 Жыл бұрын
When he takes those stupid sunglasses off.
@TrulyHumbleUnderGodYSL
@TrulyHumbleUnderGodYSL 10 күн бұрын
@@Milne85lmao
@miltonstates1967
@miltonstates1967 Жыл бұрын
Great interview 🎉
@vbrook04
@vbrook04 Жыл бұрын
First interview that didn't mention VLADS old mix tapes.
@gasperstarina9837
@gasperstarina9837 Жыл бұрын
Vlad finally good interview and also you prepared well...thanks god to have finally sane man here 👏
@narutotip
@narutotip Жыл бұрын
Great interview but the switch up is real on how he caught amnesia on the yts smuggling dope towards the end when mentioning Mexicans n Chinese as if they are worst 😂😂😂
@OwnLaneTre
@OwnLaneTre Жыл бұрын
yeah buddy clearly racist 😂
@Amidat
@Amidat Жыл бұрын
yeah of course you know the race issues always are there.
@josephmalecki
@josephmalecki 9 ай бұрын
Grew up in NJ, 5 mins from sals in delran, they had the best pizza growing up.. u wouldnt even know unless u found out when they got arrested, or were in thee kno.
@urielgrey
@urielgrey Жыл бұрын
What an amazing brave man. I really appreciate all he has done. It would be so cool to listen to more of his stories!!! I have to laugh every time Vlad does his awkward ok :) I understand why he does it and appreciate it because he is not stepping on his guest talking.
@Utubin88
@Utubin88 Жыл бұрын
Love the mafia interviews
@deansnipah1392
@deansnipah1392 2 ай бұрын
The fact that the suits wanted him to stick the mafia is just pure stupidity. Just shows how desk workers should stick to desk work and not the streets
@mikeandharry88
@mikeandharry88 Жыл бұрын
Need more made men on here VLAD
@franksindoneii5410
@franksindoneii5410 Жыл бұрын
He’s a cop bud 🙈
@mikeandharry88
@mikeandharry88 Жыл бұрын
@@franksindoneii5410 aware of that mate
@robertpvalentin
@robertpvalentin Жыл бұрын
Awesome!
@MB-vk8cv
@MB-vk8cv Жыл бұрын
They care so much about getting drugs off the street yet they let 1000's of kilos get through during their investigation.
@SuperHawkVTR
@SuperHawkVTR Жыл бұрын
They care about who gets paid for the kilos lol the government doesn’t want competition in their most profitable business 😂
@paulmccabe8542
@paulmccabe8542 Жыл бұрын
Frank is a fuggin legend
@glenndoleberry8418
@glenndoleberry8418 5 ай бұрын
When Vlad says “ okay” you take shot 😂
@freemindthinkerezrapound5071
@freemindthinkerezrapound5071 Жыл бұрын
So they were dealing in 1million in drugs a day over 30million a month but him with $80.000 gets them excited, bullshit alarms going off all over the place
@Murphy_lee
@Murphy_lee Жыл бұрын
Dude was trying to talk about the fent issue and of course Vlad has to change the subject for drama
@Gotiges489
@Gotiges489 Жыл бұрын
Legend
@NoseyFloridaGirl
@NoseyFloridaGirl Жыл бұрын
Now bust the new Mafia .. your former bosses
@franksindoneii5410
@franksindoneii5410 Жыл бұрын
Lmfao 🤡
@cdt6857
@cdt6857 Жыл бұрын
2022 has me wondering if this is a green screen/iPad type thing
@snypamuzikk6017
@snypamuzikk6017 3 ай бұрын
At 3:45 the Sicilians ain’t Italian, but ain’t Sicily in Italy…I’m tryna make it make since 😂😂😂
@aspades
@aspades Жыл бұрын
Lot of respect for Frank Panessa!
@DucksCT
@DucksCT Жыл бұрын
A MILLION DOLLARS A DAY!!! That's the real million a day crew NOT Frank Lucas... Lucas wasn't even doing $100K a day ( at least according to everything I've read) That's BIG MONEY!!
@paulmccabe8542
@paulmccabe8542 Жыл бұрын
Vlad is that cousin that you don’t like. But at the same time you freaking love him n no one can touch him…
@Oscar-fi1ev
@Oscar-fi1ev Жыл бұрын
He’s even dressed as a federal agent in this interview lmfao
@ICE-zf1cj
@ICE-zf1cj Жыл бұрын
So he basically stop Italian people from eating 🍕 😂😂
@emilioemele
@emilioemele Жыл бұрын
Comarè most defintiely does NOT mean “girlfriend” 😂😂😂😂😂 wtf
@pab1381
@pab1381 Жыл бұрын
“We had them but it wasn’t for John Q Public.” Cut to a guy named Jonathan Quincy Public all sad: “Why doesn’t anyone let me do anything?” 😂
@gnarrcan108
@gnarrcan108 Жыл бұрын
Honestly the issue w fentanyl imo is at the wholesale mid level. Most drug users don’t want fentanyl or don’t know they’re doing it. Yeah some love it but the main issue is most drug dealers aren’t gonna pass up a low volume high profit substance. I’ve never really seen drug dealers as bad guys bc they’re just supplying demands but this fentanyl shit is just too greedy. It’s wild in 2022 that people just want regular heroin
@MrSmokedies
@MrSmokedies Жыл бұрын
The Pizza Connection. Good memories from my youth.
@dabull4456
@dabull4456 Жыл бұрын
Good man
@weswes4187
@weswes4187 Жыл бұрын
Shout out to vlad for letting him rip right off the beginning. I'm sure he wanted to jump in and guide it but the guy was great.
@Coolguy8623
@Coolguy8623 Жыл бұрын
The camera moving is kinda weird...
@kennethbarrett3356
@kennethbarrett3356 Жыл бұрын
Dam Vlad you was supposed to ask about the cocaine cowboys WTF????
@rubamann
@rubamann Жыл бұрын
That neck-tie have survived the undercover duties.
@CaliKidd1001
@CaliKidd1001 Жыл бұрын
You worried about the wrong thing!!
@113charlie7
@113charlie7 Жыл бұрын
Keke was kidnapped yes but he was killed by a CIA guy who now lives in Florida go look it up
@postmastersgt1670
@postmastersgt1670 Жыл бұрын
And just like that their goes the myth that the Italian mafia didn't deal in drugs. Such bs
@rockymitchell4374
@rockymitchell4374 Жыл бұрын
Why do you always bring up cases about rappers I mean these interviews are about something different
@TheRealFluke88
@TheRealFluke88 Жыл бұрын
Wow shit started off a little racist... He said we knew the Italians who were supplying the blacks in Harlem so WE focused on the blacks! Why not focused on the suppliers? The Bigger fish? Smh alot of people probably won't catch that.
@oppsrunning
@oppsrunning Жыл бұрын
I caught it. These guys are bought and paid for. Just like everybody else
@kamaritaylor7677
@kamaritaylor7677 Жыл бұрын
Thought I was the only one
@blakehorton8110
@blakehorton8110 Жыл бұрын
I mean if they were black and had no name for they're gang I could see him saying this
@oppsrunning
@oppsrunning Жыл бұрын
@@Deathracer25x not racism more like satanism. They are all bought and paid for. And white is not a color it’s an attitude. The blacks were and always used as the scapegoat. But the ones at the top hate black people and poor whites the same.
@kylerobison1425
@kylerobison1425 Жыл бұрын
He states literally right at the beginning they didn’t know who the black players were they knew all the Italian players they were intelligence gathering most likely
@achillesdinamita3388
@achillesdinamita3388 Жыл бұрын
Sometimes you have to act/do the criminal life to catch one.
@dabull4456
@dabull4456 Жыл бұрын
That stuff kill prince 🤴
@ozmunky
@ozmunky Жыл бұрын
Never knew TK wasn't in Sicily ... 😁
@Heymanesaymane
@Heymanesaymane 6 ай бұрын
I believe in life for a life. But giving someone life for only drugs will never sit right with me.
@christopherhernandez3909
@christopherhernandez3909 Жыл бұрын
Great work vlad
@zeeman3891
@zeeman3891 8 ай бұрын
That guy has good memory to be 81 years old
@roccitynewyork490
@roccitynewyork490 Жыл бұрын
He said they went after the black men and let the big fish go for years.
@torhenderson864
@torhenderson864 Жыл бұрын
He said they was in Italians before that tho
@lennarthagen3638
@lennarthagen3638 5 ай бұрын
"OKAY"
@blakehorton8110
@blakehorton8110 Жыл бұрын
How's he gonna laugh when the guy dies with an hood on his head ??? Heartless man
@KoDaKing700
@KoDaKing700 Жыл бұрын
Dude was finna drop da n bomb b4 he said blacks
@YouCanChangeYourWorldToday
@YouCanChangeYourWorldToday Жыл бұрын
Lol 😅
@cloutchaser9186
@cloutchaser9186 Жыл бұрын
Looking at this video u can tell vlad is actually a good interviewer he just dont give af when its rappers😂😂
@martincorona1964
@martincorona1964 Жыл бұрын
The government as the boss of bosses🤣😂
@mr.p7616
@mr.p7616 Жыл бұрын
The Sicilians I know would have never done business with an outsider. You have to have family back in Sicily encase the deal goes south.
@tektoy8
@tektoy8 Жыл бұрын
Everybody on KZfaq either is in the mafia or knows someone who is. Shut up bro. We don’t believe you
@Amidat
@Amidat Жыл бұрын
they got greedy in the US
@princesamuels5981
@princesamuels5981 Жыл бұрын
Johnny Brasco lol
@stevendegoodmojosmet4034
@stevendegoodmojosmet4034 Жыл бұрын
So no more drugs in the USA after this brave man's work? Yeaaah .
@grimslim1439
@grimslim1439 Жыл бұрын
Pizza pizza
@hishamhashim1660
@hishamhashim1660 Жыл бұрын
Only one thing missing from Vlad’s mafia interviews playlist : Sit down with Donnie Brasco aka Joe Pistone. Either he hasnt done it or his entourage already engaged Mr Pistone but he declined them. Wasted!
@BigBawlsCowTown
@BigBawlsCowTown Жыл бұрын
This guy was looking to be in narcotics or customs...hmm.. Either looming for dope or letting the dope thru. 🤔
@neilvetter662
@neilvetter662 Жыл бұрын
liker of dope.
@qwaheemmarshall5600
@qwaheemmarshall5600 Жыл бұрын
Charleston White is so jealous right now 😂😂 he dream of this level of informant
@shannonmcstormy5021
@shannonmcstormy5021 Жыл бұрын
16 months?! Those poor Jurors. How we treat Jurors in the US is obscene. Everyone else that's involved on the gov side are making decent money to good money (Lawyers, judges, support staff, federal agents, etc). Contrastingly, the Jurors are forced into serving, begrudgingly offered paid parking and minimum wage, both of which in some locales they have to fight for. Its ridiculous. Thankfully, at least in this case, at the end they get to see Justice delivered. Many/most trials, Justice is an afterthought casually tossed away for expediency. This long on Juror duty will cost people their jobs, promotional opportunities, family problems, not to mention that most Jurors, unlike in this case, their identities are public knowledge....... :-(
@warrendrinkall9939
@warrendrinkall9939 Жыл бұрын
'It was 83 you had the people from the Bruno mob' Bruno was killed in 1980, 'you had Sal Testa's son' Sal didn't have a son, he was Phil Testas son, got dates and names wrong 🙈 makes you wonder what else he is making up eh
@mochans
@mochans Жыл бұрын
Yes the Bruno mob, kinda like the names of the 5 families. Those namesakes are dead. He mixed up a father and son. Lighten up!!!
@andsowot
@andsowot Жыл бұрын
Real crime. Not a bunch of rappers talking about schoolgirl industry beefs 😴
@cukuberes
@cukuberes 9 сағат бұрын
Carmine Galante invited zigis to usa no Gambino
@InternacionalBoxing
@InternacionalBoxing Жыл бұрын
"Da Bl a ck s" 😂
@user-om1kq3lc6k
@user-om1kq3lc6k 8 ай бұрын
I love your interviews but can you maybe find another word other than OK
@orangemanbad
@orangemanbad Жыл бұрын
Wait.. vlad didn’t turn this into 69 and 2pac ?
@bestside4346
@bestside4346 Жыл бұрын
hope the youth takes people like this man as an example, doctors and scientists instead of sport stars and musicians
@yung_dice203
@yung_dice203 Жыл бұрын
Absolutely No disrespect . But if your an undercover and NOT taste the product is different ..
12 күн бұрын
DMB???????
@jonathankunwar6999
@jonathankunwar6999 Жыл бұрын
My man’s nose runny fo shooooo
@khalidzamir3988
@khalidzamir3988 Жыл бұрын
Its la cosa nostra
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