In the late 1990s, Edmonton was caught in the middle of one of the most volatile organized crime conflicts in Canadian history. 

Vietnamese-Canadian street gangs were battling for control of the city’s drug trade, and one name stood above the rest.

Long Duy “Crazy Jimmy” Hoang.

Known for his unpredictable behavior and violent reputation, Crazy Jimmy led a crew known as the Crazy Jimmies, a group heavily involved in drug trafficking, extortion, and street violence during Edmonton’s Asian gang era.

For years, his name circulated through Edmonton’s gang scene — whispered in stories about violence and the chaotic underworld that shaped Western Canada’s Asian gang era.

But on one night in west Edmonton, everything unraveled.

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Dive into the shocking next chapter of the Ryan Wedding saga as the investigation closes in on his inner circle.

Episode 3 breaks down the recent, massive arrests of Wedding's alleged key associates—including his second-in-command, Andrew Clark, and the co-owner of the infamous crime blog, The Dirty Newz.

Authorities accuse Wedding's network of escalating from drug trafficking to organized murder-for-hire, allegedly utilizing a 'cocaine lawyer' to orchestrate the killing of a key FBI witness.

We trace the web from the fugitive Olympian in Mexico, through the hitmen, the money launderers, and the Canadian media figures who allegedly worked to keep Wedding's multi-billion dollar operation running.

In this video (Episode 3):

• The charges against Andrew Clark, Wedding's alleged right-hand man.
• How the Dirty Newz crime blog was allegedly used to track down a federal witness.
• The terrifying details of the Montreal hitman connection and the alleged $5 million bounty.
• The latest on Wedding's status as a $15 Million Most Wanted fugitive.
• The shocking role of the GTA lawyer (the alleged 'cocaine lawyer') in advising murder.

If you thought the story of the Olympian-turned-drug-lord couldn't get more complex, you were wrong. This is the Alleged Wedding Criminal Enterprise fully exposed.
#CanadianCrime #RyanWedding #OrganizedCrime #Fugitive

Former Olympic Snowboarder Turned Alleged Drug Kingpin: The Ryan Wedding Case

Before the manhunt.
Before the cartels.
Before federal agencies labeled him a “modern-day Pablo Escobar”…
Ryan James Wedding was a highly ambitious athlete chasing something very different: Olympic gold.

This episode reveals the formative years of a young athlete whose relentless drive and obsession with winning would later shape one of the most complex criminal cases in modern Canadian history.

We break down how an Olympic-level competitor—disciplined, talented, and intensely ambitious—transitioned from the slopes to the underworld, eventually becoming the alleged architect of a multi-country cocaine pipeline stretching from Colombia to Mexico, California, and Canada.

In this episode we cover:

• The extreme competitive mindset that defined Wedding’s early athletic career
• When the pursuit of perfection crossed into the pursuit of criminal power
• How U.S. federal agencies first connected Wedding to organized crime
• When the FBI announced he was linked to an alleged murder of Randy Fader in Niagara Falls
• The arrest of Toronto's ''Cocaine Lawyer'' Deepak Balwant Paradkar and what the FBI alleged he did

This chapter sets the foundation for everything that comes next in the Ryan Wedding series—ambition, opportunity, violence, and the rise of a criminal network that spanned three countries.

New episodes in the full series are coming soon.

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The story begins inside a quiet restaurant in Medellín — where a man sits down for dinner, unaware that a team of professional killers has already begun tracking his every move.
What happens next sets the entire Ryan Wedding investigation into motion.

Ryan James Wedding was once an Olympic-level Canadian snowboarder.
Years later, federal authorities allege he became a key figure in a multinational cocaine pipeline that stretched from Colombia, through Mexico and California, and deep into Canada.

In Part 1, we break down:

• The opening restaurant incident
• How investigators connected the first clues
• Wedding’s early background and athletic rise
• The first signs of criminal involvement
• Why U.S. federal agencies took interest
• How this case grew far beyond a single event

This episode sets the stage for a complex, international investigation that spans three countries and multiple criminal networks.

More episodes in the series are coming soon.
written + created by sad girl productions