Vasssy Kapelos: The director of the FBI described [Ryan Wedding] as a modern-day Pablo Escobar. Do you think that’s accurate?
RCMP Commish Mike Duheme: I think that’s accurate. When you look at the quantity that he was bringing in, we figured out with the FBI, he was…bringing in 60 metric tonnes of cocaine in a year. He’s running a $1.3-billion criminal enterprise…
— CTV News, Nov 19.
At the height of its power, the Medellín cartel dominated the cocaine trade, earning an estimated $420 million a week and making its leader one of the wealthiest people in the world. With a reported worth of $25 billion…In the late 1980s [Escobar] reportedly offered to pay off his country’s debt of $10 billion if he would be exempt from any extradition treaty. In addition, while his family was on the run in 1992–93, Escobar reportedly burned $2 million in order to keep his daughter warm. Despite his best efforts, however, even Escobar couldn’t spend all that money, and much of it was stored in warehouses and fields. According to his brother, about 10%, or $2.1 billion, was written off annually—eaten by rats or destroyed by the elements. In some cases, it was simply lost.
— Britannica.com.
“Simply lost”? Skimmed by the minions, more like.