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The FBI confiscated 50 motorbikes belonging to former Olympic athlete Ryan Wedding on Monday (29/12), including motorbikes MotoGP which was once driven by world champions Valentino Rossi, Marc Marquez and Jorge Lorenzo. The collection of wedding motorbikes that have been confiscated as evidence will likely be detained indefinitely or even destroyed.
“In this case, the Wedding motorbike collection will most likely not be auctioned or even seen by anyone for some time,” Road Track reported in its news, Wednesday (31/12).
“It is very likely that this collection has been confiscated as evidence, so it will likely be held indefinitely or even destroyed,” Road Track added.
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The confiscation of more than 50 racing motorbikes was carried out by Mexican police in collaboration with the FBI and a number of international law enforcement agencies on Monday (29/12).
Of these motorbikes, there are a number of legendary motorbikes that have been ridden by MotoGP world champions, such as Valentino Rossi, Marc Marquez and Jorge Lorenzo.
This confiscation was carried out in the context of an investigation into Ryan James Wedding, a former snowboarder from Canada who is now a fugitive from the FBI.
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Wedding, who performed at the 2002 Winter Olympics, has been charged with involvement in the operation of a large criminal organization focused on narcotics trafficking.
Wedding was not only involved in drug smuggling activities, but was also suspected of laundering money, some of the proceeds of which were allegedly used to buy luxury goods, including MotoGP motorbikes.
From the results of the investigation, police officers found that Wedding’s motorbike collection numbered more than 50 units with an estimated value of US $ 40 million (around Rp. 668 billion).
Quoted from Carole Nash, these motorbikes are not only part of Wedding’s personal hobby, but are also suspected of being a tool in a money laundering scheme.
As high-value items, MotoGP motorbikes are often traded on the collectibles and memorabilia market, and are often used to hide the origins of illegally obtained funds.
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