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A Mozambican businessman has been sentenced to 11 years and three months in a United States federal prison in connection with an international money laundering conspiracy.
Norolamin Gulam, 53, a Mozambican citizen residing in Portugal, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit money laundering.
According to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Texas, Gulam was sentenced to 135 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Amos L. Mazzant on 15 September 2026.
In addition to the prison sentence, the businessman was ordered to pay a fine of 7.5 million US dollars.
Norolamin Gulam was linked to the management of the now-defunct Maiaia Group, which was headquartered in the port city of Nacala, in Mozambique’s northern province of Nampula.
According to information presented in court, since 2021 Gulam had been identified by U.S. authorities as the leader of a transnational money laundering organisation with links across Europe, Africa, Southeast Asia, the United States, Central America and South America.
Authorities said the businessman used several companies and real estate investments to move and launder millions of dollars allegedly originating from drug trafficking.
U.S. investigators estimate that Gulam was responsible for laundering at least 500 million US dollars.
The case was investigated under the Homeland Security Task Force, an interagency initiative of the United States Government aimed at combating criminal cartels, foreign gangs, transnational criminal organisations, and networks involved in human trafficking and smuggling.
The task force brings together several U.S. agencies to identify, investigate and prosecute individuals and organisations suspected of involvement in criminal activities operating both inside and outside the United States.
The initiative also focuses on crimes involving human trafficking, violence and other offences linked to transnational criminal networks.
U.S. authorities say the task force also uses available legal mechanisms to prosecute individuals considered responsible for serious crimes and to dismantle criminal networks operating across multiple countries.
Norolamin Gulam’s conviction resulted from an investigation conducted by the Homeland Security Task Force in the Eastern District of Texas.
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