Operation Plunder Dome – the April 28, 1999, FBI raid on Providence City Hall that signaled the downfall of Mayor Vincent “Buddy” Cianci (well, the second downfall) – grew to encompass quite a cast of ...

On April 28, 1999, a year-long undercover investigation into corruption in Providence City Hall became public when FBI agents served a search warrant on Providence City Hall, swarmed the building and ...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. — A short fuse hung loose Tuesday night, ready to be lit for some political fireworks. Antonio R. Freitas, the central witness in the Operation Plunder Dome investigation that brought ...

Key events in the FBI's Operation Plunder Dome, the public corruption investigation in Providence, R.I.: _April 1999: Operation Plunder Dome goes public when FBI seizes documents from five city ...

This series covers many aspects of Operation Plunder; strategic bombings, the capture of various bridges and cities, and the human cost of it all.