TAG / DRUG TRAFFICKING
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DRUGS
Olympic Snowboarder Turned Drug Lord Is Now Wanted Internationally
Ryan Wedding’s story starts as an Olympian, but ends as a wanted fugitive. When found, he faces life in prison—the price of a wasted life.
DRUGS
Drug Trafficker Used Social Media to Ensnare Youth in His Crimes
Now sentenced to a decade in prison, this Washington man used Snapchat to recruit young drug couriers, showing off his luxurious lifestyle—one built on human misery.
DRUGS
Europe Flooded by Ecuadorian Cocaine Through Unlikely Albanian Connection
More than $12 billion in cocaine is flooding Europe through an alliance between South American gangs and an Albanian criminal network.
HATE
White Supremacist Prison Gangs Act as Crime Vectors in Almost Every State
While organized from prisons, these gangs cause harm that extends everywhere—with one gang trafficking enough fentanyl to kill everyone in Seattle-Tacoma, plus half a million more.
CORRUPTION
Sentencing of Cop for Drug Trafficking Is Just the Latest Tip of an Under-Reported Iceberg
Arrests of law enforcement officers for drug-related crimes are frequent, but the dimensions are unknown because agencies refuse to study the problem in their ranks.
DRUGS
Darknet Drug Gang Selling Heroin Online—Delivered in Stuffed Animals—Receive Prison Sentences
Part of an epidemic of online drug sales, the “rickandmortyshop” brought death by mail. Now the leader is in federal prison for eight years—but it’s a drop in the bucket.
