Gravelle brothers, Paul, had retired to Mexico. Gravelle told the media: "I've just gone out of it altogether now. I've retired. It's no secret, yes, I was a drug importer. Mostly hash oil and marijuana." When asked if he ordered Croitoru to kill the Gilbanks, Gravelle said: "No. That's not true. Our family is not killers...That's beyond us to do a thing like that. That's a despicable act. That's a cowardly act". Life in Vancouver Croitoru lived in Vancouver, British Columbia, with his common-law wife Tracy Edwards from 2007 onward. He most recently worked as a bodyguard for Lion's Gate Entertainment, providing protection for entertainers such as Jack Nicholson and Cyndi Lauper. He also had a brief acting career appearing in a movie titled Oklahoma Smugglers, in which he portrayed a wrestler, and in such television shows as Reaper. Croitoru told the media that he loved Vancouver, saying: "It's beautiful out here, oh my God; the ocean, the mountains. Hamilton makes me puke now when I think about it; all those years wasted sitting there in that garbage, you know what I mean?" About his new profession as a bodyguard, he stated: "I love it! I dress up nice, eat the best food, just hang around and make sure nobody screws with these people". Croitoru stated that he was writing his autobiography, saying: "This will be a bestseller. I've been on every extreme in the world-the bikers, I was a wrestler, Major Junior A hockey player for the Kitchener Rangers-I've done a lot of things people can only dream about". Afterwards, Croitoru was reported to be looking for a ghostwriter to complete his autobiography. Although he moved to Vancouver to get away from his underworld associates, he proved unable to resist the allure of the gangster subculture, and soon fell in with the United Nations gang active in the Fraser river valley. Police sources told the author Jerry Langton that Croitoru tried to join the Hells Angels' Vancouver chapter, but they directed him to the United Nations gang. United Nations gang In 2008-2009, there was a gang war for the control of the drug trade in the Lower Mainland of British Columbia. Clayton Roueche, the leader of the United Nations gang, had heard of Croitoru and recruited him. The police had tapped the phones of both Roueche and Croitoru, and often overheard them discussing cocaine deals. During his time on