Past Business Failure and Significant Debt (medium) Tomio Okamura experienced a business failure in 2003, when he was forced to sell his Fischer travel agency because it was "swamped in debt.". Criminal Charges for Inciting Hatred and Discrimination (high) Tomio Okamura is facing criminal charges for inciting hatred and discrimination related to his Freedom and Direct Democracy (SPD) party's controversial anti-migrant election campaign posters from 2024. The Czech Chamber of Deputies lifted his parliamentary immunity on February 13, 2025, allowing police to proceed with the prosecution. The disputed campaign included posters depicting a dark-skinned man with a bloody knife and others featuring Romani boys smoking cigarettes, which critics labeled as racist fearmongering. The charges could lead to a three-year prison sentence under Czech law. Okamura denies the accusations, calling them politically motivated and an assault on freedom of speech.. Disqualification from Presidential Candidacy and Allegations of Political Interference (medium) Tomio Okamura's candidacy for the 2013 Czech presidential election was refused after the Ministry of Interior deemed an insufficient number of his submitted signatures valid (only 35,750 out of 61,500). Although the Supreme Administrative Court found an error in the Ministry's counting, the corrected count still did not meet the required threshold. Okamura publicly contested the outcome, labeling it a "political decision," questioning the independence of the judiciary, and claiming that justice was unattainable in the Czech Republic.