An ex-Olympic athlete is facing federal charges alongside 15 other defendants in what prosecutors have described as a ruthless and deadly cocaine trafficking ring that operated out of Los Angeles and spanned three countries.

Prosecutors alleged that Ryan James Wedding, 43, ran the drug trafficking organization from 2011 to 2024 along with his second-in-command Andrew Clark.

An “Olympic athlete turned drug lord” and 15 others have been charged in a superseding indictment for allegedly running a transnational drug trafficking operation that routinely shipped large amounts of cocaine from Colombia to Canada via Southern California while orchestrating four murders “in furtherance” of their other crimes,

A former Canadian Olympic snowboarder and 15 others are facing criminal charges for allegedly running a drug-trafficking ring that shipped hundreds of kilograms of cocaine to Canada and used violence — including murder — to achieve its goals,

Prosecutors say the ex-athlete, now a fugitive, trafficked cocaine through Colombia, Mexico, the U.S. and Canada and ordered people killed.

American authorities say a former Canadian Olympic snowboarder is wanted in the U.S. on multiple charges stemming from his alleged involvement in a transnational drug trafficking ring and several murders in Ontario.