"Wedding remains a fugitive from justice, currently hiding in Mexico, where he continues to direct drug trafficking, murder, and other serious criminal activities, the Treasury Department said in a statement. The Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) also noted that the State Department has increased the reward it is offering for Wedding from $10 million to $15 million."
"The statement continues: [Wedding] is responsible for trafficking multi-ton quantities of cocaine through Colombia and Mexico for distribution in the United States and Canada. His criminal organization uses cryptocurrency to move and launder the proceeds of drug trafficking, concealing vast sums of illicit wealth. According to the FBI, the statement adds, Wedding has ordered dozens of murders across the globe, including in the United States, Canada, and Latin America."
Ryan Wedding transitioned from an Olympic snowboarder to a major cocaine trafficker responsible for multi-ton shipments through Colombia and Mexico to the United States and Canada. He remains a fugitive hiding in Mexico while directing drug trafficking, murder, and other criminal activities. U.S. authorities have charged him with cocaine trafficking, murder, attempted murder, racketeering, and other offenses. The Treasury Department sanctioned him and his support network, which includes a Canadian lawyer and jeweler, a former Italian special-forces member, and a Colombian pimp operating a prostitution ring in Mexico. His organization uses cryptocurrency to move and launder illicit proceeds. The State Department increased the reward for information to $15 million.
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