Welcome to episode 236 of FBI Retired Case File Review with Jerry Williams.

I'm a retired agent on a mission to show you who the

FBI is and what the FBI does through my books, my blog, and my podcast case

reviews with former colleagues. Today we get to speak to former task force officer

Giovanni Rocco and retired FBI agent Anthony Zamponia. In this episode, Giovanni and Anthony review Operation Charlie Horse, their

long-term undercover operation investigating mafia capo, Charlie Stengo, and the New Jersey

de Calvocante mafia family, known as The Real Sopranos. Giovanni, a New Jersey police officer, using his

undercover name Giovanni Gatto, infiltrated the crime family and the Newark

Division Organized Crime Task Force supervised by Anthony

ultimately charged and convicted 10 members and associates of the

associates of the Dikavocante family. Now you can find longer versions of their bios in the show notes for this episode,

but let me tell you a little bit about Giovanni and Anthony.

Giovanni Rocco served over 26 years working in law enforcement alongside

local, state, and federal agencies. He was assigned as a Federal task force officer, TFO, for over 20 years with both the Drug Enforcement

Administration, DEA, and the FBI, where he held a top secret security clearance.

Currently, Giovanni is a security consultant

and covert operations expert and travels throughout the world as a trainer and guest speaker sharing his

expertise and life experience as it pertains to his personal and

professional life. Giovanni is the author of Giovanni's Ring,

My Life Inside the Real Sopranos, where he details his infiltration

of the Dukavacante crime family family on which the HBO show The Real Sopranos is based

Now retired agent Anthony Zamponia served 22 years with the FBI he He began his bureau career in the New York office where he was assigned first to security fraud and then later transferred to the organized crime squad where he participated in highly successful

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