Bologna, 19 December 2025 – Omar Mohamed, the 40-year-old entrepreneur arrested on 9 October 2024 in Bologna during the ‘Sheicco’ operation where he is accused of crimes linked to the laundering of the proceeds of organized crime in the city, is back in prison. through the management of premisesin some cases aggravated by the ‘mafia method’.
“Contact point and contact person in the city for some criminal families”
The new measure was carried out by the Guardia di Finanza: of Calabrian origin and resident in Bologna, Omar is considered by investigators to be contiguous to Camorra and ‘Ndrangheta circles. It emerged, explains Finance, as a point of contact and contact person in the city for some criminal families, to recycle and reuse in business the huge proceeds of organized crime are legitimate economic activities, being able to count on a dense network of connivances in the Emilia-Romagna business world.
The operation of Finance
He was arrested at the crack of dawn come on financiers of the provincial command of the Guardia di Finanza of Bologna. Together with 14 other people, he had been the subject of investigations by the Economic and Financial Police Unit of Bologna, in relation to multiple criminal conduct, some of which were aggravated by the so-called ‘mafia method’: money laundering, reuse of illicit proceeds, usury, extortion, embezzlement of public funds, fraudulent transfer of valuables, drug crimes, failure to comply with anti-money laundering legislation, exploitation of prostitution and attempted kidnapping.
The restrictive measure has become definitive
He had been under house arrest since May 2025 and the restrictive measure has become definitive following a ruling from the Supreme Court. In the meantime he has been sent back to trial together with five other people.
