Joseph “The Animal” Barboza —The Most Dangerous Informant Ever Created by the Mafia | True Crime

Four men. Decades behind bars for murders they did not commit. The US government eventually paid $101 million to settle the resulting cases. Joseph Barboza provided the testimony that convicted them, and the FBI knew significant portions of that testimony were false before it was ever presented in court. This documentary covers Barboza's criminal career, the specific false testimony he gave and why, what the FBI knew at the time, and how the case became one of the most damaging judicial scandals in bureau history. #JosephBarboza,#TheAnimalBarboza,#MafiaDocumentary,#TrueCrimeDocumentary,#OrganizedCrime,#BostonMafia,#WinterHillGang,#MobInformant,#CrimeHistory,#GangsterDocumentary,#TrueCrimeSleep,#OutlawIcons,#MafiaHistory,#CrimeStories,#FBIInformant