Organized crime to date is one of the most challenging areas of a private investigators work. Organized crime is synonymous with strategic planning for purposes of illegal and criminal activity. It involves highly centralized and disciplined operating groups run by criminals for the purpose of engaging in illegal activity, most commonly for monetary profit or sabotage of competitors.

Organized crime often involves deep planning and strategically positioned people on various levels and ranks of a particular organization or government body to commit large crimes of this nature. The cooperation of internal officers are hard to attain when investigating a case like this because it involves a number of criminals, of which, identification is more difficult.