As for the organisational dimension, it is common knowledge now that criminals are
becoming more affiliated with each other, since they recognise the added value of
working together to carry out illegal activities. Of course, when we speak about the
organisational dimension we are referring not to the simple situation in which more
people are involved in carrying out a crime, playing a different role in order to reach
the final illicit aim, but to a situation in which the group is not randomly set up but has
a stable dimension, with a structure that is sometimes sophisticated and quite
essential, in order to pursue a programme which goes beyond a single crime. This
structure is instrumental in obtaining profits for the members of the group.