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The issue to be considered in this article is whether what is true of traditional crime is likely to also be true of cybercrime, which deviates from the traditional model of crime in several ways. Section II of this article examines reasons why organized activity has emerged as an aspect of real-world crime. More precisely, it considers the advantages organization offers for realworld criminals. Section III then considers whether these advantages translate to cybercrime. If they do translate, we can expect to see the emergence of organized cybercriminal activity analogous to that encountered in the real world; that is, we can anticipate the emergence of cybercrime Mafias and cybercrime cartels. To the extent that these advantages do not translate to cybercrime, we may see a very different pattern emerge; organization may prove to be a less significant feature of cybercrime than of real-world crime or it may take quite different forms than those found in real-world crime.