Authorities move on Ryan Wedding's suspected accomplices, from Canada to Mexico

They might not look like much but these Toronto businesses are accused of helping Ryan Wedding launder millions of dollars. We're doing a story about the firms that were sanctioned by the U.S. Treasury for alleged links to Ryan Wedding. Is there someone who could talk to you about that? There is no one to talk to you about this. From those small firms in Canada to drug lords in Mexico. Authorities are now taking down suspected accomplices believed to have protected this alleged cocaine kingpin for a decade until his arrest this year. He either was tipped off. Or was given a warning and was somehow always able to evade us just barely. And so it was our belief that he was getting help. At Bogota, Colombia's main airport, police arrested a Mexican judge accused of taking a $2 million bribe from Wedding's right-hand man. While outside Mexico City, security forces opened fire in a shootout killing the crime boss known as The General, who allegedly sold insider police knowledge to Wedding for $100,000 a month. The point where that protection would stop was the point where he stopped being an asset and he started becoming a liability, right? All right. In the Mexican capital on Wednesday, authorities started auctioning off Wedding's seized motorbikes, a massive collection worth millions, highlighting the vast wealth he amassed while in hiding. A far cry from the one-time elite snowboarder. Who spoke to CBC Sports at the 2002 Olympic Games. An interview unseen since then. I'm stoked just to be here. The whole thing's so exciting. I never imagined it would be this incredible. It's too bad things didn't go the way I wanted today. Wedding is set to stand trial on murder and drug trafficking charges next year. He says he's not guilty and his lawyer tells me he's standing by that plea. Thomas Diag, CBC News, Toronto.