Editing William Joseph Arico (section)

==Legacy and Context==
Arico’s role in Ambrosoli’s assassination highlights the transatlantic reach of organized crime in the 1970s, where American and Sicilian Mafia networks collaborated with corrupt financiers and politicians. His actions underscore the dangers faced by individuals like Ambrosoli, who challenged powerful criminal enterprises. Arico’s death in prison closed a chapter on one of the era’s most brazen contract killings, but the broader network of corruption he served persisted, as evidenced by subsequent scandals involving Calvi, Marcinkus, and the P2 Masonic Lodge.