Maputo, 06 Oct (AIM) – A Mozambican businessman was sentenced to over 11 years in federal prison as part of a Homeland Security Task Force investigation for a money laundering conspiracy in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney Jay R. Combs.
According to the United States Attorney’s Office, Norolamin Gulam, 53, a national of Mozambique living in Portugal, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit money laundering and was sentenced to 135 months in federal prison by U.S. District Judge Amos L. Mazzant on September 15, 2026. Gulam was also ordered to pay a money judgement of $7.5 million.
Gulam was the head of the now-bankrupt Maiaia Group, based in the port city of Nacala, in the northern province of Nampula.
According to information presented in court, since 2021, Gulam was identified as the leader of a transnational money laundering organization with connections and ties throughout Europe, Africa, Southeast Asia, the United States, and Central and South America. Gulam used multiple businesses and real estate ventures to launder multi-million dollar amounts of drug proceeds. It is believed Gulam was responsible for laundering a minimum of $500 million in U.S. currency.
This case is part of the Homeland Security Task Force (HSTF) initiative established by Executive Order 14159, Protecting the American People Against Invasion. The HSTF is a whole-of-government partnership dedicated to eliminating criminal cartels, foreign gangs, transnational criminal organizations, and human smuggling and trafficking rings operating in the United States and abroad.
Through historic interagency collaboration, the HSTF directs the full might of United States law enforcement towards identifying, investigating, and prosecuting the full spectrum of crimes committed by these organizations, which have long fueled violence and instability within our borders. The HSTF places special emphasis on investigating and prosecuting those engaged in child trafficking or other crimes involving children. The HSTF further utilizes all available tools to prosecute and remove the most violent criminal aliens from the United States.
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