BlockBeats news, on November 21, the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) disclosed that the U.S. Department of the Treasury announced sanctions against former Canadian Olympic athlete Ryan James Wedding and his drug trafficking organization. Wedding is accused of leading an international drug trafficking network, and the sanctions list includes 9 individuals and 9 entities designated as Specially Designated Nationals (SDN). The sanctions list contains multiple crypto assets addresses, involving Bitcoin, Ethereum, and other blockchain networks. The sanctioned individuals include several suspects from Mexico, Italy, the UK, and Canada, and the related entities span multiple industries, including jewelry manufacturing, private security, fuel wholesale, and motorcycle sales.
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