In brief
- The U.S. Treasury has placed sanctions on “drug kingpin” Ryan James Wedding, nine of his associates, and nine entities linked to him.
- Wedding is a former Canadian Olympic snowboarder who FBI Director Kash Patel says is now “the modern-day iteration of Pablo Escobar.”
- The ex-Olympian’s crime gang is believed to be a transnational cocaine empire, with Wedding allegedly ordering “dozens” of murders.
The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) on Wednesday placed sanctions on “drug kingpin” Ryan James Wedding, nine of his associates, and nine entities linked to him.
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has been on the hunt for former Olympic athlete Wedding for over a year now, and placed…
Nov 19 2025
