The Twente strategy is based on criminological knowledge and the approach of community policing--preventive, proactive, and integrated actions taken by various partners of the police to reduce the illegal activities of organized crime groups. The strategy has several components, such as organizing the criminal investigation process, scanning the regional environment, gathering information, conducting the criminal investigation, and assessing the development and application of criminal procedures. This strategy, however, can succeed only when two conditions are satisfied: (1) the strategy can only function in an open democratic society in which public and private organizations and the public feel responsible for the emergence of organized crime in their environment; and (2) the police force and its partners must be relatively free of corruption. Empirical research on organized crime in the Netherlands is reviewed that indicates organized crime is the result of a complex process. Underlying assumptions and policy implications of policing organized crime are discussed. 12 references and 1 figure