The book "Social Dimensions of Organised Crime" offers an interdisciplinary examination of extortion networks, focusing on the structures of criminal organizations and their collapse. It analyzes the societal processes in which extortion networks thrive or fail, as well as the impacts of approaches to combat these practices. By integrating various disciplines and methods, it presents a comprehensive case study based on a wide range of qualitative data concerning different extortion networks, including the Sicilian Mafia and international money laundering organizations. The book employs computer-assisted methods for data analysis to operationalize data for agent-based models and explore the structures and dynamics of extortion networks through simulations. The inclusion of stakeholders and experts allows for qualitative validation of the models and provides deeper insights into the interconnections of extortion networks within society.