Deep Undercover — Season 1

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About this season

Deep Undercover is a true crimes series from writer and producer Joe Pistone, the real "Donnie Brasco." Each episode tells the story of a different undercover operation from the POV of the undercover officers involved.

Episodes (52)

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1. Operation Black Biscuit: Infiltrating the Hells Angels

Aired 5 October 2016 • 22 min

ATF agent Jay Dobyns goes undercover with the notorious Hell's Angels motorcycle club in the midst of a deadly biker war over drug profits and territory.

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2. Operation Cayman: Drug Smuggling on the High Seas

Aired 12 October 2016 • 22 min

South Florida lawman, Jim Sweeting, partners with the DEA to infiltrate a network of drug dealers moving pot and coke via the Cayman Islands.

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3. Operation Mr. Untouchable: Dethroning Harlem's Heroin King

Aired 19 October 2016 • 21 min

Harlem's Heroin King, Nicky Barnes, learns ways to make himself untouchable after serving time for drug dealing.

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4. Operation Greylord: Undercover in the Halls of Injustice

Aired 26 October 2016 • 21 min

State prosecutor Terry Hake works tirelessly to expose rampant corruption in the Cook County court system.

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5. Operation Exeter: Undercover Senior Year

Aired 2 November 2016 • 21 min

Police officer, Alex Salinas, a baby-faced 22-year-old newly graduated from the Academy, poses as a high school senior who lands himself in detention to set up drug buys with fellow students.

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6. Operation Payclip: Bribery In The Big Easy

Aired 9 November 2016 • 21 min

FBI agents go undercover to investigate a cargo ship cleaning business run through a series of illegal payments, false paperwork and a drug-infested underworld of racketeering and kickbacks to dodge taxes and regulations.

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7. Operation Casablanca: Tracing The Cali Cartel's Cash

Aired 16 November 2016 • 21 min

U.S. Customs agent William Gately poses as a money launderer to expose a Mexican bank with ties to the Cali and Juarez cartels.

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8. Operation Iceman: Taking Down The Mafia's Hitman

Aired 26 November 2016 • 21 min

ATF agent Dominick Polifrone poses as a wise-guy to infiltrate and incriminate the mafia's infamous hit-man, Richard The Iceman Kuklinski.

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9. Operation Pisces: Money Laundering For The Medellin Cartel

Aired 30 November 2016 • 21 min

DEA Agent JD Miller disguises himself as a money launderer for the Medellin cartel with veteran undercover operative Louis Diaz managing the West Coast operations.

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10. Operation Black Coral: Intercepting Caribbean Coke

Aired 7 December 2016 • 21 min

Sarasota detective, Jim Sweeting, disguises himself as an alias of a drug trafficker for the Medellin cartel in order to get evidence.

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11. Operation Dead Ringer: Busting Escobar's Cartel

Aired 14 December 2016 • 21 min

Bill Gately and the U.S. Customs Service investigate the owner of a coin laundry who is laundering large sums of cash, with connections to Pablo Escobar, through a bank in Columbia.

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12. Operation Wake Up Cafe: Illegal Betting In Jersey

Aired 21 December 2016 • 21 min

New Jersey officer Julia Torres infiltrates an illegal betting club within Little Italy.

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13. Operation Royal Charm: Smuggler's Blues

Aired 28 December 2016 • 21 min

FBI agent Lou Calverese goes undercover to discover that a case of black market cigarettes also involves military weapons, counterfeit bills and drugs being smuggled into the U.S.

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14. Operation Nautilus: Pakistani Hash On The High Seas

Aired 4 January 2017 • 21 min

US Customs agent Paul DeCotiis goes undercover in the middle of the Pacific Ocean to intercept 70 tons of Pakistani hashish.

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15. Operation Shattered Shield: Nabbing Dirty Cops

Aired 11 January 2017 • 21 min

FBI agent Juan Jackson tries to build a case against police officers in the most corrupt city in America: New Orleans.

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16. Operation Chokehold: Busting Boston's Mob

Aired 18 January 2017 • 21 min

Agent Vince DelaMontaigne infiltrates the powerful La Cosa Nostra mob in an attempt to break their stranglehold on organized crime in Boston.

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17. Operation Stolen Bonds: Duping Wise Guy Robbers

Aired 25 January 2017 • 22 min

MA Cop Ernie Lijoi gets a tip that a crew of bank robbers are looking to sell $800,000 in stolen bonds, and works with the FBI and DEA to stop it.

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18. Operation Shootout: Undercover Attack

Aired 1 February 2017 • 21 min

After years of small time drug deals, Nate Hutchinson goes undercover for the Weber County Sheriff's Department and pays a call to an illegal pot grower.

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19. Operation Straight Arrow: Double Agent Dirty Cop

Aired 8 February 2017 • 21 min

Detective John Arnold goes undercover to befriend a drug dealer flying in drugs right under the noses of the police.

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20. Operation 4U Lounge: Crossroads Of Illegal Activity

Aired 15 February 2017 • 21 min

Ken Storch of the Aurora, CO PD infiltrates the illegal activity of a local kingpin's operation to take him down and stumbles upon a murder for hire plot in the process.

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21. Operation Luau: Trapping A Dirty Cop

Aired 22 February 2017 • 21 min

Joanne Takasato works the streets as a small time druggie before she's assigned the task of taking down a dirty cop.

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22. Operation Cockfight: Underworld Gambling

Aired 1 March 2017 • 21 min

Stan Sales of the Honolulu PD enters the world of cockfighting to videotape and document a local promoter who controls the cockfights and takes a piece of all the action.

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23. Operation Bank Robbery: Breaking The Bank

Aired 6 March 2017 • 21 min

Ken Dye goes undercover to bust an illegal weapons operation. Along the way, he hears about a plan for a bank heist and the execution of the bank manager.

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24. Operation Canned Tomatoes: Italian Mafia

Aired 7 March 2017 • 21 min

FBI agent Ron Moretti enters the Italian mafia to investigate the supply of heroin into the US, devising a plan to have the mafia ship their white powder inside canned tomatoes.

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25. Operation Searchlight: White Supremacist Heist

Aired 8 March 2017 • 21 min

Mike McCommas acts as point man to the FBI's case against the Arizona Patriots, a white supremacist group and discovers that the gang is plotting an armored car heist and planning to kill the drivers before escaping into the desert.

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26. Operation Scam Artist: Arson for Hire

Aired 9 March 2017 • 21 min

Bob Cerrone is hired by an insurance company to investigate a series of fraudulent insurance claims. In his time undercover, he meets the lowest of the low.

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27. Operation Con Cino: Rocky Mountain High

Aired 10 March 2017 • 21 min

Officer Joe Padilla is shot at during an undercover exchange, but continues to do deals, in an attempt to move up the chain and bring down a drug ring.

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28. Operation Missouri 500: Dogfighting Duo

Aired 11 March 2017 • 21 min

Officer Jeff Heath takes on the alias of a dog breeder to infiltrate the horrific world of illegal dogfighting. Yet, it will be tough to get them to trust him.

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29. Operation Thin Crust: Destroying Vegas Mob

Aired 13 March 2017 • 21 min

FBI agent Charlie Maurer forms a tenuous alliance with a mob hitman to gather evidence against the killer's former partners in crime.

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30. Operation Orozco: Cartel Laundry

Aired 14 March 2017 • 21 min

FBI agent Ed Guillen goes undercover as a banker to cosy up with the Colombian cartel. Can Guillen get the intel needed to take key members down?

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31. Operation Lockdown: Imprisoned Cop Killer

Aired 8 June 2017 • 21 min

FBI agent Steve Salmieri goes undercover in a prison as a hit man in order to obtain evidence against the murderer of a police officer, currently imprisoned for another crime.

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32. Operation Komex: Selling Sarin

Aired 15 June 2017 • 21 min

US Customs agent Rick Kennan masquerades as a weapons dealer to get inside a Korean arms operation that's soliciting military secrets and weapons.

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33. Operation Diablos: Two Wheel Traffickers

Aired 22 June 2017 • 21 min

Undercover FBI Agent Mark Pocoro secretly infiltrates the Diablos motorcycle gang. The gang has been involved in numerous criminal activities, including drugs and stolen cars.

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34. Operation Vinnie the Plumber: Defusing a Bomber

Aired 29 June 2017 • 21 min

When a bomb is detonated under a police car, ATF agent Vince Cefalu goes undercover to get the suspect, hiring the suspect to build him some bombs.

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35. Operation Citizens Band: CB Trojan Horse

Aired 6 July 2017 • 21 min

Undercover police officer, Ernie Lijoi, sets out to take down a drug dealer currently making money out of renting weapons to other criminals.

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36. Operation Grey Sunset: Montana Freeman

Aired 13 July 2017 • 21 min

FBI Special Agent Tim Healy manages to infiltrate an anti-government organisation known as the `Montana Freemen'. They intend to steal millions of dollars from the IRS in order to fund their Armageddon.

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37. Operation Nevada Volunteers: Sin City Bomber

Aired 20 July 2017 • 21 min

ATF agent Jay Dobyns infiltrates the ranks of the Nevada Volunteers, plotting to overthrow the government and intending to blow up the Vegas strip.

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38. Operation Last Call: Hooker Takedown

Aired 27 July 2017 • 21 min

Memphis Police officer Anthony Godwin goes undercover in the seedy adult nightclub scene to break up organized crime involving drugs and prostitution; Anthony loses himself and contemplates suicide before he's pulled back from the brink.

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39. Operation Gambling Rings

Aired 3 August 2017 • 21 min

FBI agent infiltrates the mob that controls gambling and drugs in New England; NJ deputy opens an illegal betting club to snare local wise guys; Missouri Highway Patrol enters the world of dogfighting to break its back and save the animals.

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40. Operation Dead Game: Dogfighting Takedown

Aired 10 August 2017 • 21 min

Houston cops Cliff Manning and Scott Davis go undercover to infiltrate a group of dog fighters by opening a dog pen club with hidden audio and video cameras to get evidence on everyone who attends their events.

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41. Operation Shamrock: Carolina Militia

Aired 17 August 2017 • 21 min

FBI agent uses his skill as a financial crimes expert to befriend the leader of a Carolina anti-government militia who uses fraud and a Ponzi scheme to fund his operation.

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42. Operation Tropical Storm: Japanese Meth Ring

Aired 24 August 2017 • 21 min

FBI agent uses his bi-racial heritage and command of Japanese to infiltrate the notorious Yakuza mob that's smuggling meth into Hawaii; Jim's target is a tattoo covered hitman who demands the agent strip off his shirt during a drunken public dinner.

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43. Operation Violent Outlaws

Aired 31 August 2017 • 21 min

FBI agent Marc Pocoro infiltrates the Diablos motorcycle gang involved in drugs and stolen cars, but along the way, he's made as a cop.

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44. Operation Rooster: Aryan Brotherhood

Aired 7 September 2017 • 21 min

DEA agents Jay Dobyns and Louis Quinonez are sent to infiltrate the Aryan Brotherhood gang and take down a bomb-making operation, but while the duo builds a case against the bomb-maker, they stumble upon a murder committed by one of the Brotherhood.

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45. Operation Shi-Ron: Corrupt Cops

Aired 14 September 2017 • 21 min

FBI agent Herman Groman infiltrates a group of crooked cops in Cleveland, Ohio, by setting up an illegal gambling operation to snare the cops who offer him protection, but the police are trained to detect deception.

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46. Operation Drug Cartels

Aired 21 September 2017 • 21 min

Agent Jim Sweeting sails the Caribbean to break the Cayman cartel drug operation; U.S. Customs supervisor Bill Gately discovers the Mexican banking system is funding South American cartels; DEA agent Louis Diaz joins the Medellin cartel.

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47. Operation Rollo Tomassi: Kaika Klan Outlaws

Aired 28 September 2017 • 21 min

FBI agent Jim Nice partners with the Akron Police to target the Kaika Klan Outlaws, a black street gang that's terrorizing the city, but Jim is white, and this won't be a cake walk.

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48. Operation Cat Walk: Strip Club Sting

Aired 30 September 2017 • 21 min

FBI agent John Tanza goes undercover targeting the Cleveland mob by running a strip club that they call home, but rival factions place John squarely in the middle of the turf war.

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49. Operation Link Bet: Vegas Mob Bust

Aired 30 September 2017 • 21 min

FBI agent John Ligato infiltrates the Vegas mob heist ring and gets a price put on his head in the process; he must dodge the bill collector and hitman long enough for the FBI to arrest everyone he's got evidence on.

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50. Operation Big Easy: New Orleans Mob

Aired 30 September 2017 • 21 min

FBI agent Geoff Santini goes undercover to snag a drug-dealing killer; Geoff endures weeks of dinners and business meetings while the dealer decides if he's dealing with a cop, or the real deal.

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51. Operation End of Days: Meth Eradication

Aired 30 September 2017 • 21 min

When Independence, Missouri cop Steve Cook stumbles upon a meth lab, an undercover operation is launched with Steve as the point man; problem is, Independence is a small town and Steve gets made as a cop.

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52. Operation Mobster

Aired 30 September 2017 • 22 min

DEA agent builds a case against New York's most notorious drug mastermind; ATF agent cozies up to a serial killer and nearly becomes a victim; FBI agent makes a deal with the devil to shut down an old school Vegas mob for good.

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