
On the lam and under the knife: How fugitives use plastic surgery to evade authorities
That appears be in the case in the ongoing manhunt for ex-Olympian-turned-drug lord Ryan Wedding, sought by the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation for allegedly running a cross-border drug trafficking ring that routinely smuggled enormous quantities of cocaine into Canada and orchestrated multiple murders in Ontario.

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CBC
a day ago
- CBC
Tracking the Canadian on the FBI's most wanted list
CBC News visual investigations team, in partnership with international researchers from the Bellingcat Discord community, located the exact spot where one of the last images of Ryan Wedding was taken. Wedding, an alleged Canadian drug lord, is among the FBI's top 10 most-wanted fugitives. CBC is the first to report and confirm these findings.


Toronto Star
4 days ago
- Toronto Star
On the lam and under the knife: How fugitives use plastic surgery to evade authorities
They've remodelled their noses, smoothed out their wrinkles, and filled their faces with silicone. However, for these fugitives, the goal wasn't to regain an air of youthfulness, but an attempt at freedom. That appears be in the case in the ongoing manhunt for ex-Olympian-turned-drug lord Ryan Wedding, sought by the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation for allegedly running a cross-border drug trafficking ring that routinely smuggled enormous quantities of cocaine into Canada and orchestrated multiple murders in Ontario.


Toronto Star
6 days ago
- Toronto Star
Ryan Wedding's new face: FBI believes fugitive ex-Olympian turned cartel boss may have had plastic surgery
Ryan Wedding over the years: on the left as a Canadian Olympic athlete in 2002, in the middle in a FBI mugshot taken from a 2013 driver's licence, and on the right in another FBI photo taken in 2024. Canadian Olympic Committee; FBI