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# Giovanni Rocco | Giovanni's Ring

My Life Inside the Real Sopranos

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- [Washington Times](https://giovannisring.com/washington-times/) - The many fans of “The Sopranos” TV series might be interested in reading about a cop who infiltrated the real deal. Giovanni Rocco, a New Jersey police officer, detailed as an FBI undercover operative, infiltrated the notorious DeCavalcante Cosa Nostra crime family in New Jersey. Mr. Rocco offers a story of his time undercover in
- [The Times London](https://giovannisring.com/the-times-london/) - The undercover FBI agent who brought down the “real life Sopranos” thought his ordeal was over when a mafia boss and nine mobsters were arrested. In fact, it had only just begun. The fear of reprisal made nervous wrecks of Giovanni Rocco and his wife and children, particularly after the longtime girlfriend of Charlie “The
- [New York Post](https://giovannisring.com/new-york-post/) - After the feds arrested a capo and nine other goodfellas from New Jersey’s DeCavalcante crime family in 2015, the undercover FBI agent who’d infiltrated their outfit looked forward to his next assignment. Instead, Giovanni Rocco went into hiding. Some of the mobsters Rocco had gone after didn’t get arrested or were sprung, and they all
- [The Chronicle Herald](https://giovannisring.com/the-chronicle-herald/) - Little shocked Douglas Schofield when he sat down to record and then write the true story of a former FBI undercover agent who infiltrated New Jersey’s DeCavalcante crime family – said to be the inspiration for The Sopranos. Schofield had already spent decades as a trial lawyer prosecuting and defending hundreds of cases of murder,
- [Philadelphia Weekly](https://giovannisring.com/philadelphia-weekly/) - “Giovanni’s Ring: My Life Inside the Real Sopranos,” written by Giovanni Rocco with Douglas Schofield, covers the true story of a former FBI undercover operative and his successful infiltration of the DeCavalcante Cosa Nostra crime family. Rocco was a New Jersey police officer assigned to an FBI task force that focused on nailing Charlie Stango,
- [Library Journal](https://giovannisring.com/library-journal/) - In this compulsively readable mix of memoir and true crime, former undercover FBI agent Rocco (a pseudonym the author is using to safeguard his identity) describes infiltrating a branch of an Italian American mafia syndicate in New Jersey and New York in the mid-2010s, leading to the arrest of multiple members. Better known to his
- [Publisher's Weekly](https://giovannisring.com/publishers-weekly/) - Rocco, the alias for a New Jersey cop who infiltrated the Mafia in the 2010s, vividly conveys the challenges and perils of undercover work in this gripping if inadequately sourced memoir. Rocco, the son of a policeman, grew up in Bayonne, N.J., playing with kids whose relatives were in the mob. After he barely graduated
- [Booklist](https://giovannisring.com/booklist/) - Giovanni Rocco walked the tightrope of an undercover operative deftly for years, infiltrating the DeCalvacante crime family in New Jersey. Rocco grew up in Bayonne, New Jersey, where the presence of organized crime loomed. Despite some minor rabble-rousing in his youth, Rocco avoided going the way of the wiseguy. A career in law enforcement beckoned

## Pages

- [Home](https://giovannisring.com/) - Giovanni's Ring by Giovanni Rocco. A personal telling of an undercover officer and how he infiltrated the New Jersey Italian Mafia. Purchase a signed book today
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- [Media](https://giovannisring.com/media/) - View all media appearances from video content, podcasts and more from Giovanni Rocco.
- [Giovanni's Ring](https://giovannisring.com/giovannis-ring/) - A fascinating window into the mind and experience of undercover officer Giovanni Rocco and his time inside of New Jersey's mafia.
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- [Giovanni's Ring - Hardcover Edition](https://giovannisring.com/product/giovannis-ring-hardcover-edition/) - Giovanni’s Ring is the story of “Giovanni Rocco,” a New Jersey police officer, known undercover as “Giovanni Gatto,” who was the mysterious agent at the epicenter of Operation Charlie Horse, a federal undercover operation that ultimately brought down ten members and associates of New Jersey’s DeCavalcante Mafia family, the criminal organization known as “the real Sopranos.” Giovanni spent nearly three years working his way into the DeCavalcante hierarchy. That lethal assignment brought the undercover operation to an end in March 2015, and the resulting string of high-profile arrests eviscerated the criminal organization. ​Giovanni’s Ring is not simply a chronicle of Giovanni Rocco’s adventures in the murky and dangerous Mafia world he inhabited, but also a fascinating window into the psychological struggles that such a life inevitably entails.
- [Giovanni's Ring - Hardcover Signed Edition](https://giovannisring.com/product/giovannis-ring-hardcover-signed-edition/) - Giovanni’s Ring is the story of “Giovanni Rocco,” a New Jersey police officer, known undercover as “Giovanni Gatto,” who was the mysterious agent at the epicenter of Operation Charlie Horse, a federal undercover operation that ultimately brought down ten members and associates of New Jersey’s DeCavalcante Mafia family, the criminal organization known as “the real Sopranos.” Giovanni spent nearly three years working his way into the DeCavalcante hierarchy. That lethal assignment brought the undercover operation to an end in March 2015, and the resulting string of high-profile arrests eviscerated the criminal organization. ​Giovanni’s Ring is not simply a chronicle of Giovanni Rocco’s adventures in the murky and dangerous Mafia world he inhabited, but also a fascinating window into the psychological struggles that such a life inevitably entails.

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