Lawrence Orubor has been charged with drug trafficking and organized crime-related offences. Police allege he led The Family, a gang of dealers who sold small quantities to mainly homeless drug addicts.
Leader of gang called 'The Family' now serving 16½ years for drug and human trafficking | CBC News LoadedA Calgary drug lord who ran a 500-person criminal organization called “The Family” has been handed an additional 6½ years in prison for pimping-related offences on top of the 10-year sentence he’s already serving for drug trafficking.Lawrence Orubor has now been sentenced for both drug and human trafficking related to his leadership of a 500-person gang in Calgary.
Court of King's Bench Justice Blair Nixon said Orubor targeted two vulnerable, "isolated and homeless" women whom he prostituted. Both women were known to Orubor through their membership in The Family.The sentencing decision was handed down Tuesday after prosecutor Vicki Faulkner and defence lawyer Tyson Dahlem made arguments earlier this year.In November, Orubor was handed a 10-year sentence for drug trafficking connected to his role as the head of The Family.
As part of the agreed facts document, Orubor admitted he instructed his drug runners to use violence to protect The Family's turf.
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