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 ...

PROVIDENCE – On the morning of April 28, 1999, FBI agent W. Dennis Aiken arrived at a historic brick carriage house on the East Side and met the owner at the door: Mayor Vincent A. “Buddy” Cianci. It ...

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.