ABSTRACT
Defi ning organised crime Here we enter territory where terminology is tricky and the subject matter all but impossible to defi ne. A report produced jointly by the EU and Europol in 2001 sought to develop means of identifying organised criminal activities. They identifi ed 11 criteria, the fi rst four of which must all be present for something to be defi ned as ‘organised crime’, as must at least two of the seven others:
1 Collaboration of more than two people.
