Canadian Olympian Ryan Wedding Accused of Leading $1B Drug Empire with Sinaloa Cartel

Ryan Wedding's Criminal Enterprise

• 🎯 Ryan James Wedding, a former Canadian Olympian, is accused of leading a vast transnational criminal enterprise.
• 💰 His organization is reportedly responsible for distributing cocaine in Canada and collaborates with the Sinaloa Cartel.
• 📈 The enterprise is estimated to import approximately 60 metric tons of cocaine annually into the U.S. and Canada.
• 💸 Investigations have led to over 35 indictments, seizure of 2,000+ kilos of drugs, numerous weapons, $3.2 million in cryptocurrency, and $13 million in physical assets.

Witness Intimidation and Murder

• ⚠️ Wedding is accused of orchestrating the murder of a federal witness after being indicted in 2024.
• 💻 A Canadian website, "The Dirty News," was allegedly used to post the witness's and his wife's photographs to facilitate their location.
• 💥 The witness was subsequently gunned down before he could testify against Wedding.
• ⚖️ New indictments include charges of witness tampering, intimidation, murder, money laundering, and drug trafficking.

Law Enforcement Response and Rewards

• 🤝 The Justice Department, in collaboration with the State Department and Treasury Department, is pursuing Wedding and his associates.
• 💵 The State Department has increased the reward for Wedding's capture to $15 million.
• 💰 Additional rewards of $2 million are offered for information leading to the arrest of those involved in the witness's murder.
• 🏦 The Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control is seizing assets worth hundreds of millions of dollars belonging to targets associated with Wedding's enterprise.
• 🇨🇦 Law enforcement agencies in the U.S. and Canada, including the FBI, US Attorney's Office for the Central District of California, and the Colombian National Police, are working together to bring Wedding to justice.
• 🗣️ Officials emphasize the commitment to combating drug trafficking, stating that dealers, from street-level to kingpins, will be held accountable.