Editing Giorgio Ambrosoli (section)

==Assassination==
On July 11, 1979, hours after concluding meetings with U.S. and Italian authorities for a judicial inquiry (rogatoria) in Milan, Ambrosoli was gunned down outside his home at Via Morozzo della Rocca The killer, William Joseph Arico, an American Mafia hitman hired by Sindona, approached Ambrosoli, confirmed his identity, apologized, and shot him three times in the chest with a .357 Magnum. Ambrosoli died on the doorstep of his home. Arico fled to the United States the next morning.

The murder took place shortly after Ambrosoli’s discussions with Palermo police chief Boris Giuliano, who had uncovered evidence of Sindona’s money laundering through the Vatican Bank and the Mafia’s heroin trafficking proceeds. Ten days later, on July 21, 1979, Giuliano was also assassinated by the Mafia, highlighting the deadly reach of Sindona’s network.