Smuggling
Two-time Olympic silver medalist jailed for drug smuggling

Jul. 27, 2021 03:33 AM EDT
BRISBANE, Australia (AP) — Two-time Olympic silver medal-winning kayaker Nathan Baggaley and his younger brother have been jailed for more than 20 years each...

Ex-Olympic silver medalist Baggaley guilty of drug importing

Apr. 01, 2021 03:32 AM EDT
BRISBANE, Australia (AP) — Former two-time Olympic silver medalist canoeist Nathan Baggaley and his younger brother have been found guilty of plotting to...

Gymnastics coach John Geddert watches his students during a practice in December 2011. Geddert, a former U.S. Olympics gymnastics coach with ties to disgraced sports doctor Larry Nassar, killed himself Thursday, Feb. 25, 2021, hours after being charged with turning his Michigan gym into a hub of human trafficking by coercing girls to train and then abusing them. Geddert faced 24 charges that could have carried years in prison had he been convicted. (Greg DeRuiter/Lansing State Journal via AP)
Human trafficking charges novel approach in gymnastics case

By Don Babwin Feb. 26, 2021 07:37 PM EST

Official: Former U.S. Olympics gymnastics coach John Geddert dies by suicide after being charged with human trafficking

Feb. 25, 2021 04:26 PM EST
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Official: Former U.S. Olympics gymnastics coach John Geddert dies by suicide after being charged with human trafficking. ...

FILE - In this Jan. 24, 2018, file photo, Larry Nassar, a former doctor for USA Gymnastics and member of Michigan State's sports medicine staff, sits in court during his sentencing hearing in Lansing, Mich. John Geddert, a former U.S. Olympics gymnastics coach, is being charged Thursday, Feb. 25, 2021, with crimes, including sexual assault, human trafficking and running a criminal enterprise is the latest fallout from the sexual abuse scandal involving Nassar. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio, File)
How the Larry Nassar scandal has affected others

Feb. 25, 2021 01:05 PM EST

FILE - In this March 3, 2012, file photo, gymnastics coach John Geddert is seen at the American Cup gymnastics meet at Madison Square Garden in New York. Prosecutors in Michigan filed charges Thursday, Feb. 25, 2021, against Geddert, a former U.S. Olympics gymnastics coach with ties to disgraced sports doctor Larry Nassar. Geddert was head coach of the 2012 U.S. women's Olympic gymnastics team, which won a gold medal. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens, File)
Olympics gymnastics coach kills himself after being charged

By Anna Liz Nichols And Ed White Feb. 25, 2021 10:53 AM EST

FILE - In this July 24, 1996, file photo, Scott Miller of Australia shows his disappointment after finishing in silver medal place in the men's 100 meter butterfly final at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta. Miller was in custody on Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2021, charged with drug trafficking after Australian police seized methamphetamine valued at 2 million Australian dollars ($1.6 million) and accused him of directing a criminal syndicate. (AP Photo/Hans Deryk, File)
Sydney police say 1996 Olympic swimmer ran drug syndicate

Feb. 16, 2021 03:43 AM EST