New Delhi, Nov. 20 -- Ryan Wedding, 44, is a former Canadian Olympic snowboarder who competed at the 2002 Salt Lake City Winter Games, finishing 24th in the parallel giant slalom. Wedding is now infamous as an international drug trafficker, accused of running one of the largest narcotics pipelines in the Western Hemisphere.

Authorities say Wedding evolved into a "modern-day Pablo Escobar," operating a drug trafficking empire that moved up to 60 tons of cocaine a year from Colombia through Mexico and into the United States and Canada.

His aliases reportedly include "El Jefe," "Public Enemy," "Giant," and "James Conrad King."

Wedding faces multiple federal charges in the United States, including:

1. Running a multi-national drug traffic...